Hygroscopic vs. Deliquescent

Hygroscopicadjective

Readily taking up and retaining water, especially from the atmosphere.

Hygroscopicadjective

Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.

Hygroscopicadjective

Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.

Hygroscopicadjective

absorbing moisture (as from the air)

Deliquescentadjective

Seeming to melt away.

Deliquescentadjective

(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.

Deliquescentadjective

(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

Deliquescentadjective

Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.

Deliquescentadjective

Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.

Deliquescentadjective

Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

Deliquescentadjective

(especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air