Aerosol vs. Suspension — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Aerosol and Suspension
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Aerosol
An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas. Aerosols can be natural or anthropogenic.
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Suspension
An interruption or temporary cessation, as of an activity or of the application of a rule or law.
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Aerosol
A gaseous suspension of fine solid or liquid particles.
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Suspension
A temporary prohibition or exclusion, as from attending school or enjoying a privilege, especially as a punishment.
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Aerosol
The spray of fine particles of a substance, such as paint, asthma medication, or insecticide, that is released from an aerosol can.
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Suspension
A postponement, as of a judgment, opinion, or decision.
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Aerosol
An aerosol can.
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Suspension
The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into a following chord to create a temporary dissonance.
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Aerosol
A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
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Suspension
The tone or tones so prolonged.
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Aerosol
An aerosol can.
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Suspension
A device from which a mechanical part is suspended.
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Aerosol
The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
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Suspension
The system of springs and other devices that insulates the chassis of a vehicle from shocks transmitted through the wheels.
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Aerosol
(physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
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Suspension
(Chemistry) A system in which minute particles are dispersed throughout a fluid from which they are easily filtered but not easily settled because of system viscosity or molecular interactions.
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Aerosol
(transitive) To spray with an aerosol.
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Suspension
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
Suspension from a hook
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Aerosol
A cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
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Suspension
A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
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Aerosol
A dispenser that forces a liquid out as a fine spray when a button is pressed
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Suspension
The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
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Suspension
Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
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Suspension
The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
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Suspension
The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
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Suspension
(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
Suspension from school as a disciplinary measure
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Suspension
(music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
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Suspension
A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
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Suspension
(topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
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Suspension
(topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
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Suspension
(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
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Suspension
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
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Suspension
Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
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Suspension
A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
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Suspension
The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.
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Suspension
A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.
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Suspension
A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
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Suspension
The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.
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Suspension
A mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
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Suspension
A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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Suspension
Temporary cessation or suspension
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Suspension
An interruption in the intensity or amount of something
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Suspension
A mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
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Suspension
The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely);
There was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait
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Suspension
A temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
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