Filtration vs. Purification

Filtrationnoun

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Filtrationnoun

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Filtrationnoun

the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium

Filtrationnoun

the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter

Filtrationnoun

the action or process of filtering something

Filtration

Filtration is a physical or chemical separation process that separates solid matter and fluid from a mixture using a filter medium that has a complex structure through which only the fluid can pass. Solid particles that cannot pass through the filter medium are described as oversize and the fluid that passes through is called the filtrate.

Purificationnoun

The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.

Purificationnoun

A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.

Purificationnoun

(Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.

Purificationnoun

The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.

Purificationnoun

The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.

Purificationnoun

A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.

Purificationnoun

the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities

Purificationnoun

the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

Purificationnoun

a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites

Purificationnoun

the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing;