Fermentation vs. Zymology — What's the Difference?

Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes. In biochemistry, it is narrowly defined as the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen.

Zymology, also known as zymurgy (from the Greek: ζύμωσις+ἔργον, "the workings of fermentation") is an applied science that studies the biochemical process of fermentation and its practical uses. Common topics include the selection of fermenting yeast and bacteria species and their use in brewing, wine making, fermenting milk, and the making of other fermented foods.

Any of a group of chemical reactions induced by microorganisms or enzymes that split complex organic compounds into relatively simple substances, especially the anaerobic conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast.

The scientific study of fermentation.

Unrest; agitation.

(zymurgy) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.

(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide

The science of or knowledge concerning fermentation.

A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.

A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.

The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast;

A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.

A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

A state of agitation or turbulent change or development;

A chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances