Volatile vs. Distillation — What's the Difference?

Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.

Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation. Dry distillation is the heating of solid materials to produce gaseous products (which may condense into liquids or solids).

Capable of being readily vaporized.

The evaporation and subsequent collection of a liquid by condensation as a means of purification:the distillation of water.

Tending to vary often or widely, as in price

The extraction of the volatile components of a mixture by the condensation and collection of the vapors that are produced as the mixture is heated:petroleum distillation.

Inconstant; fickle

A distillate.

Lighthearted; flighty

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

Ephemeral; fleeting.

That which falls in drops.

Tending to violence; explosive

The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.

Flying or capable of flying; volant.

Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.

(Computers) Of or relating to memory whose data is erased when the memory's power is interrupted.

(petroleum) Separation into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.

(physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.

The substance extracted by distilling.

Explosive.

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

(of a price etc) Variable or erratic.

That which falls in drops.

(of a person) Quick to become angry or violent.

The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

Fickle.

The substance extracted by distilling.

Temporary or ephemeral.

The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors

(of a situation) Potentially violent.

A purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling

Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.

Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down

(obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.

(programming) A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.

Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aëriform state; subject to evaporation.

Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.

A winged animal; wild fowl; game.

A volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor;

Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures;

Liable to lead to sudden change or violence;

Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments;

Tending to vary often or widely;