Effervescence vs. Efflorescence

Effervescencenoun

The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.

Effervescencenoun

Vivacity.

Effervescencenoun

Foment.

Effervescencenoun

A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

Effervescencenoun

the process of bubbling as gas escapes

Effervescencenoun

the property of giving off bubbles

Effervescence

Effervescence is the escape of gas from an aqueous solution and the foaming or fizzing that results from that release. The word effervescence is derived from the Latin verb fervere (to boil), preceded by the adverb ex.

Efflorescencenoun

(chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.

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(botany) The production of flowers.

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(construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.

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(geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.

Efflorescencenoun

(metaphorical) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.

Efflorescencenoun

(pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.

Efflorescencenoun

Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

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A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.

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The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.

Efflorescencenoun

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

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any red eruption of the skin

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the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

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a powdery deposit on a surface

Efflorescence

In chemistry, efflorescence (which means in French) is the migration of a salt to the surface of a porous material, where it forms a coating. The essential process involves the dissolving of an internally held salt in water, or occasionally in another solvent.