Absorptive vs. Absorbent
Difference Between Absorptive and Absorbent
Absorptiveadjective
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
Absorbentadjective
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.Absorptivenoun
Any substance that absorbs.
Absorbentnoun
Anything which absorbs.
Absorptiveadjective
having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids);
as absorbent as a spongeAbsorbentnoun
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Absorbentnoun
(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.
Absorbentnoun
(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
Absorbentnoun
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
Absorbentadjective
having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids);
as absorbent as a sponge
