Compound vs. Mixture
Two terms which are frequently used in chemistry are compound and mixture, they are similar yet different from each other, and their differences will be stated in the following lines in detail to understand them in a better way. There are many definitions of these two terms which can be confusing but to explain them in simple words, compounds are substances that do not have variable composition while mixtures consist of variable forms. The best example of a compound can be water which is composed of hydrogen and oxygen molecules, the structure of water throughout is similar and all the particles are combined in a proper way. One the other hand, the best example of the mixture will be a perfume which consists of different substances added together. There is no good structure, two different materials can be mixed in any proportion, and they do not have to be same. Another example is ocean which has a different concentration at various places and is not always equally distributed. There are other ways to explain the difference between the two terms. Compounds, for instance, can be termed as substances which are made up of two or more elements which have been added with the help of a chemical method while mixture can be called an element which has been made by two or more elements which have been added together in a physical way. For compounds, they can have their own properties, but when they are mixed together, all of them start showing the same quantities with each one of them having different but fixed proportions. On the other hand, for a mixture when two substances are added together they do not form a new substance, in fact, several types of materials can be gained from it. Another difference between them is that mixtures have elements which have been added together can be separated again with the help of any physical method. While the elements of a compound can also be separated but with the support of a chemical reaction. A brief description of both these terms is given below.
Key Differences
Compounds are substances which are pure in every way. The mixture is a substance which is always impure.
Compounds have properties which depend on the two elements. The mixture has properties which are variable and depend on some items.
Harlon Moss
Jul 04, 2016
Compounds always have a fixed ratio; mixture never has a fixed rate.
Compounds are two or more substances which are mixed together with the help of a chemical reaction while the mixture is two or more substances which are mixed together with the support of a physical process.
The components of a compound can be separated with the chemical reaction only; The elements of a mixture can only be separated with a physical action.
Aimie Carlson
Jul 04, 2016
Properties of a compound may or may not be different to its elements; Properties of a mixture are always same as its elements.
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Comparison Chart
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Substances which are pure in every way
Substance which is always impure.
Combination
Two or more substances which are mixed together with the help of a chemical reaction
Two or more substances which are mixed together with the support of a physical process.
Properties
Depend on the two elements
Variable and depend on some items
Relation
May or may not be different to its elements
Properties of a mixture are always same as its elements.
Janet White
Jul 04, 2016
Compound and Mixture Definitions
Compound
To combine so as to form a whole; mix
Tin was often compounded with lead to make pewter.
Mixture
The act or process of mixing
An alloy made from the mixture of two metals.
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Compound
To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts; compose or make up
Pharmacists compounding prescriptions.
Mixture
The condition of being mixed
The inevitable mixture of different cultures in big cities.
Compound
To settle (a debt, for example) by agreeing on an amount less than the claim; adjust.
Mixture
A combination of ingredients used in cooking or baking.
Compound
To compute (interest) on the principal and accrued interest.
Mixture
One that consists of diverse elements
The day was a mixture of sun and clouds.
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Compound
To add to or intensify so as to make worse
"The university authorities ... compounded their crime in dismissing [the professor] by denying that their action ... reflected any abridgment of academic freedom" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
Mixture
A fabric made of different kinds of thread or yarn.
Compound
To make worse by being an additional or intensifying factor
High winds compounded the difficulties of the firefighters.
Mixture
(Chemistry) A composition of two or more substances that are not chemically combined with each other and are capable of being separated.
Compound
To combine in or form a compound.
Mixture
The act of mixing.
The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
Compound
To come to terms; agree.
Mixture
Something produced by mixing.
An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
Compound
Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts.
Mixture
Something that consists of diverse elements.
The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
Compound
(Botany) Composed of more than one part
A compound pistil.
Mixture
A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution
A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals
Compound
A combination of two or more elements or parts.
Mixture
(music) A compound organ stop.
Compound
(Linguistics) A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker, self-portrait, or high school, or of specially modified combining forms of words, such as Greek philosophia, from philo-, "loving," and sophia, "wisdom."
Mixture
A cloth of variegated colouring.
Compound
(Chemistry) A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.
Mixture
(India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
Compound
A building or buildings, especially a residence or group of residences, set off and enclosed by a barrier.
Mixture
The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.
Compound
An enclosed area used for confining prisoners of war.
Mixture
That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; - also, a medley.
There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence.
Compound
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
Mixture
An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient.
Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution.
Compound
An enclosure for secure storage.
Mixture
A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved.
Compound
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
Mixture
A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; - contrasted with a compound and solution; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.
Compound
Anything made by combining several things.
Mixture
An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; - called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone.
Compound
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
Mixture
(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
Compound
A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
Mixture
Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;
He volunteered to taste her latest concoction
He drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
Compound
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
Mixture
A collection containing a variety of sorts of things;
A great assortment of cars was on display
He had a variety of disorders
A veritable smorgasbord of religions
Compound
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. bookshop, high school or non-standard.
Mixture
An event that combines things in a mixture;
A gradual mixture of cultures
Compound
(rail) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
Mixture
The act of mixing together;
Paste made by a mix of flour and water
The mixing of sound channels in the recording studio
Compound
Composed of elements; not simple.
A compound word
Compound
(math) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
Compound addition
Compound proportion
Compound
(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Compound
(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
To compound a medicine
Compound
To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
To compound a debt
Compound
(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
Compound
(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
To compound with someone / for something
Compound
To compose; to constitute.
Compound
To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
Compound
To worsen a situation.
Compound
Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
Compound
In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Compound
That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun.
When the word "bishopric" was first made, it was made as a compound.
Compound
A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
Compound
To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort.
Compound
To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture.
Compound
To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Only compound me with forgotten dust.
Compound
To compose; to constitute.
His pomp and all what state compounds.
Compound
To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
Compound
To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; - usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year.
They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
Compound for sins they are inclined toBy damning those they have no mind to.
Compound
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.
Compound
(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
Compound
A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
Compound
An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
Compound
Make more intense, stronger, or more marked;
The efforts were intensified
Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness
This event only deepened my convictions
Compound
Put or add together;
Combine resources
Compound
Calculate principal and interest
Compound
Create by mixing or combining
Compound
Combine so as to form a whole; mix;
Compound the ingredients
Compound
Of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes
Compound
Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts;
Soap is a compound substance
Housetop is a compound word
A blackberry is a compound fruit
Compound
Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony;
Coral is a colonial organism
Definition of Compound
In simple words, compounds can be defined as two or more elements which are combined together. For a more technical definition, the compound can be something which is a combination of two or more elements which are chemically combined with each other. The components react chemically are formed bonds between each other Compounds are always pure substances which have distinct properties. They are added in fixed amounts, and their properties are similar at all points within themselves. Once they are joined together, the original elements don’t have their properties anymore and show new features. For example, in water, hydrogen and oxygen, which have different properties are joined together and result in new properties which are neither like oxygen nor like hydrogen. If there is a need for the reversible reaction, it is only possible in a chemical way, these cannot be separated with any physical reaction. Another important in this regard is salt which is constituted of different elements such as sodium chloride, calcium silicate, and potassium iodide. They are different but join together to form a salt, if a chemical reaction is done on salt, all these constituents can be obtained again.
Definition of Mixture
Mixtures are the easiest things to find, they are everywhere. From creating a drink to adding different colors together. A mixture can be defined as a combination of two or more elements which are joined together to form another substance with the help of a physical reaction. Because it is a physical reaction, the properties of the mixture are similar to that of the elements added. To obtain these features back, one has to do a physical process. The substances have to be in proper proportion to get the required part. No new material can be formed in a mixture, the originally added ones retain their properties and are present in different ratios. This is what differentiates them from compounds, they are random processes with no fixed methods being used, from two elements by mixing them differently, separate substances can be obtained. Therefore, a simple definition of the mixture will be the formation of a material by adding two other elements which are distinct from each other.
