Dissolve vs. Desulfonate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dissolve and Desulfonate
Definitions
Dissolve➦
To cause to pass into solution
Dissolve salt in water.
Desulfonate➦
To cause, or to undergo desulfonation
Dissolve➦
To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
Dissolve➦
To cause to lose definition; blend or blur
"Morality has finally been dissolved in pity" (Leslie Fiedler).
Dissolve➦
To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel
The sun dissolved the fog. That remark dissolved the tension in the room.
Dissolve➦
To break into component parts; disintegrate
The deal dissolved the company into three separate businesses.
Dissolve➦
To bring to an end, as by breaking up; terminate or annul
"General de Gaulle was returned to power ... with a mandate to dissolve an overseas empire that had turned into a nightmare" (Alison Jolly).
Dissolve➦
To dismiss (an assembly such as a legislative body).
Dissolve➦
To cause to be moved emotionally or upset.
Dissolve➦
To pass into solution
Salt dissolves easily in water.
Dissolve➦
To become liquid; melt
The clumps of snow dissolved into puddles.
Dissolve➦
To lose definition; become blurred or indistinguishable
"The last shadows have dissolved into darkness" (Daniel Blajan).
Dissolve➦
To become disintegrated; disappear
The mist dissolves as the sun rises.
Dissolve➦
To be broken up into separate parts
The empire dissolved into many separate countries.
Dissolve➦
To be brought to an end; be annulled or terminated
After a long separation, the marriage finally dissolved.
Dissolve➦
To be moved or overcome emotionally
I dissolved into helpless laughter.
Dissolve➦
To make a transition between shots in a cinematic work using a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears.
Dissolve➦
A transition in a cinematic work consisting of a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears. Also called lap dissolve.
Dissolve➦
(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.
Dissolve➦
(transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
Dissolve➦
(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
Dissolve➦
(intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
Dissolve➦
To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
Dissolve➦
To be disintegrated by such immersion.
Dissolve➦
(transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
Dissolve➦
(transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Dissolve➦
To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
To dissolve an injunction
Dissolve➦
To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
Dissolve➦
(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
Dissolve➦
(obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
Dissolve➦
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Dissolve➦
(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
Dissolve➦
To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.
Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life.
Dissolve➦
To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Nothing can dissolve us.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
Dissolve➦
To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
As if the world were all dissolved to tears.
Dissolve➦
To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
Dissolve➦
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.
Dissolve➦
To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
Dissolve➦
To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
Dissolve➦
To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
A figureTrenched in ice, which with an hour's heatDissolves to water, and doth lose his form.
Dissolve➦
To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
The charm dissolves apace.
Dissolve➦
(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
Dissolve➦
Cause to go into a solution;
The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
Dissolve➦
Pass into a solution;
The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee
Dissolve➦
Become weaker;
The sound faded out
Dissolve➦
Come to an end;
Their marriage dissolved
The tobacco monopoly broke up
Dissolve➦
Stop functioning or cohering as a unit;
The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
Dissolve➦
Cause to lose control emotionally;
The news dissolved her into tears
Dissolve➦
Lose control emotionally;
She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme
Dissolve➦
Cause to fade away;
Dissolve a shot or a picture
Dissolve➦
Become or cause to become soft or liquid;
The sun melted the ice
The ice thawed
The ice cream melted
The heat melted the wax
The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase
Dethaw the meat
Dissolve➦
Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;
The decree officially dissolved the marriage
The judge dissolved the tobacco company
Dissolve➦
Declare void;
The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
