Vaporization vs. Evaporation

Vaporizationnoun

A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.

Vaporizationnoun

A destruction of something by turning it into vapor.

Vaporizationnoun

The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.

Vaporizationnoun

annihilation by vaporizing something

Vaporizationnoun

the process of becoming a vapor

Vaporization

Vaporization (or vaporisation) of an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to vapor. There are two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling.

Evaporationnoun

The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

Evaporationnoun

The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.

Evaporationnoun

(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.

Evaporationnoun

The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

Evaporationnoun

The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.

Evaporationnoun

That which is evaporated; vapor.

Evaporationnoun

See Vaporization.

Evaporationnoun

the process of becoming a vapor

Evaporationnoun

the process of extracting moisture

Evaporationnoun

the process of turning from liquid into vapour

Evaporationnoun

the process of something abstract ceasing to exist

Evaporation

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase. The surrounding gas must not be saturated with the evaporating substance.