Aeration vs. Agitation — What's the Difference?

Aeration (also called aerification or aeriation) is the process by which air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in a liquid.

The act of agitating or the state of being agitated.

To supply with air or expose to the circulation of air

Extreme emotional disturbance; perturbation.

To expose to oxygen, as in the oxygenation of the blood by respiration.

The stirring up of public interest in a matter of controversy, such as a political or social issue.

To supply or charge (liquid) with a gas, especially to charge with carbon dioxide.

The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid.

A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.

By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation.

Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.

Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc.

(archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.

A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.

The act or preparation of charging a liquid with carbon dioxide gas to make it effervescent.

A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.

The act of charging a liquid with air or oxygen for the purpose of purification.

Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.

The process of exposing to air (so as to purify)

Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.

The act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent

A mental state of extreme emotional disturbance

A state of agitation or turbulent change or development;

The feeling of being agitated; not calm

Disturbance usually in protest

The act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)