Ask Difference

Sedimentation vs. Decantation — What's the Difference?

Sedimentation vs. Decantation — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sedimentation and Decantation

ADVERTISEMENT

Compare with Definitions

Sedimentation

Sedimentation is the tendency for particles in suspension to settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come to rest against a barrier. This is due to their motion through the fluid in response to the forces acting on them: these forces can be due to gravity, centrifugal acceleration, or electromagnetism.

Decantation

Decantation is a process for the separation of mixtures of immiscible liquids or of a liquid and a solid mixture such as a suspension. The layer closer to the top of the container—the less dense of the two liquids, or the liquid from which the precipitate or sediment has settled out—is poured off, leaving the other component or the more dense liquid of the mixture behind.

Sedimentation

The process of settling or being deposited as a sediment
The natural sedimentation of the estuary
Sedimentation occurs when the droplets sink to the bottom

Decantation

To pour off (wine, for example) without disturbing the sediment.

Sedimentation

The act or process of depositing sediment.
ADVERTISEMENT

Decantation

To pour (a liquid) from one container into another.

Sedimentation

The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.

Decantation

To aerate (a wine) by pouring it into a spacious vessel and leaving it exposed to the air for a period of time
Decanted the wine for twenty minutes before serving.

Sedimentation

The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Decantation

The act of decanting the supernatant liquid from a solid sediment

Sedimentation

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Decantation

The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

Share Your Discovery

Share via Social Media
Embed This Content
Embed Code
Share Directly via Messenger
Link
Previous Comparison
Bird vs. Fellow
Next Comparison
Looking vs. Seeing

Popular Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Comparisons

Trending Terms