Maceration vs. Percolation — What's the Difference?

To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid.

In physics, chemistry and materials science, percolation (from Latin percolare, "to filter" or "trickle through") refers to the movement and filtering of fluids through porous materials. It is described by Darcy's law.

To separate into constituents by soaking.

To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.

To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate.

To pass or ooze through

To become soft or separated into constituents by soaking

To make (coffee) in a percolator.

A substance prepared or produced by macerating.

To drain or seep through a porous material or filter.

The act or process of macerating.

(Informal) To become lively or active.

The act or process of macerating.

(Informal) To spread slowly or gradually.

Softening due to soaking or steeping

A liquid that has been percolated.

Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium;

The act of making coffee in a percolator

The filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification