different between dilution vs dissolution

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da??lju???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /da??lu??n/, /d??lu??n/

Noun

dilution (countable and uncountable, plural dilutions)

1. The process of making something dilute.
2. A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
3. The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
4. (finance) Short for share dilution.

Antonyms

• concentration

Translations

Anagrams

• toluidin

French

Etymology

From diluer +? -tion, rather than borrowed from Late Latin d?l?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

dilution f (plural dilutions)

1. dilution

Further reading

• “dilution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French dissolution, from Latin dissol?ti? (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s??l(j)u???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s??lu??n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

1. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.

   Synonym: abolition

   Antonyms: establishment, foundation

2. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
3. Dissolving, or going into solution.
4. The quality of being dissolute.

   Synonym: dissipation

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• “dissolution”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• dissolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin dissol?ti?nem (accusative of dissol?ti?).

Pronunciation

Noun

dissolution f (plural dissolutions)

1. dissolution

Further reading

• “dissolution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).