different between acidity vs edulcorate

English

Etymology

From French acidité, from Latin acidit?tem, accusative singular of acidit?s (“sourness, acidity”), from acidus (“sour, acid”). See acid.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??s?d?ti/

Noun

acidity (countable and uncountable, plural acidities)

1. The quality or state of being acid.
2. Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.

3. (pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
4. (figuratively) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.

Antonyms

• alkalinity

Translations

Anagrams

• adicity

English

Verb

edulcorate (third-person singular simple present edulcorates, present participle edulcorating, simple past and past participle edulcorated)

1. (rare) To sweeten.
2. (rare) To make more acceptable or palatable.
   • 2019, Valeria Luiselli, Lost Children Archive, Alfred A. Knopf, page 129:

     I guess I am simply accustomed to dealing with more edulcorated versions of xenophobia.

3. (rare) To free from acidity.

Translations

Derived terms

• edulcoration

Anagrams

• cleared out

Italian

Verb

edulcorate

1. second-person plural present indicative of edulcorare
2. second-person plural imperative of edulcorare
3. feminine plural of edulcorato