Amalgamation vs. Absorption — What's the Difference?

The act of amalgamating or the condition resulting from this act.

The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed.

A consolidation or merger, as of several corporations.

A state of mental concentration.

The production of a metal alloy of mercury.

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.

(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.

The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.

Assimilation; incorporation.

(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.

The imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.

(obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.

(meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).

The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; - applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.

(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.

The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.

The combination of two or more commercial companies

Mental assimilation.

(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium;

The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

Complete attention; intense mental effort

The mental state of being preoccupied by something