Evaporate vs. Dissolve — What's the Difference?

To convert or change into a vapor.

To cause to pass into solution

To draw off in the form of vapor.

To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.

To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.

To cause to lose definition; blend or blur

To deposit (a metal) on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.

To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel

To change into vapor.

To break into component parts; disintegrate

To pass off in or as vapor.

To bring to an end, as by breaking up; terminate or annul

To produce vapor.

To dismiss (an assembly such as a legislative body).

To disappear; vanish

To cause to be moved emotionally or upset.

(ambitransitive) to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state

To pass into solution

(transitive) to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion

To become liquid; melt

To give vent to; to dissipate

To lose definition; become blurred or indistinguishable

To disappear; to escape or pass off without effect

To become disintegrated; disappear

To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in particles too minute to be visible.

To be broken up into separate parts

To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of a writer often evaporates in the process of translation.

To be brought to an end; be annulled or terminated

To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

To be moved or overcome emotionally

To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.

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.

To give vent to; to dissipate.

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.

Dispersed in vapors.

(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.

Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue;

(transitive) To destroy, make disappear.

Cause to change into a vapor;

(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.

Change into a vapor;

(intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.

To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.

To be disintegrated by such immersion.

(transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.

(transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.

To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.

(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.

(obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next

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.

To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

Cause to go into a solution;

Pass into a solution;

Become weaker;

Come to an end;

Stop functioning or cohering as a unit;

Cause to lose control emotionally;

Lose control emotionally;

Cause to fade away;

Become or cause to become soft or liquid;

Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;

Declare void;