Absorptive vs. Absorbent: What's the Difference?

Absorptive and Absorbent Definitions
Absorptive
The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed.
Absorbent
Capable of absorbing a liquid or gas
Absorbent cotton.
Absorptive
A state of mental concentration.
Absorbent
A substance that is capable of absorbing.
Absorptive
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
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Absorbent
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.
Absorptive
Any substance that absorbs.
Absorbent
Anything which absorbs.
Absorptive
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
Absorbent
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
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Absorptive
Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids);
As absorbent as a sponge
Absorbent
(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
Absorbent
(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
Absorbent
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Absorbent
Anything which absorbs.
The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat.
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Absorbent
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
Absorbent
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Absorbent
A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
Absorbent
Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids);
As absorbent as a sponge