Aeration vs. Ventilation — 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 replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh air.

To supply with air or expose to the circulation of air

The mechanical system or equipment used to circulate air or to replace stale air with fresh air.

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

See respiration.

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

The maintenance of breathing by artificial means.

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

A breath that is induced by artificial means.

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.

The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.

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

The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.

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

An exchange of views during a discussion.

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

The public exposure of an issue or topic.

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

The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.

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

(medicine) The mechanical system used to assist breathing.

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

The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air.

The act of refrigerating, or cooling; refrigeration; as, ventilation of the blood.

The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain.

The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure.

The act of giving vent or expression.

The act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air

A mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air;

Free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest;

The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation