Absorptive vs. Absorbent

Absorptive vs. Absorbent — Is There a Difference?
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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 sponge

Absorbentnoun

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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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