different between fermentation vs digestion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferment?ti?, ferment?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??(?)m?n?te???n/, /?f??(?)m?n?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

fermentation (countable and uncountable, plural fermentations)

2. (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
3. A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ferment

Translations

Anagrams

• infantometer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferment?ti?, ferment?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.m??.ta.sj??/

Noun

fermentation f (plural fermentations)

1. fermentation

Derived terms

• fermentation homolactique

Related terms

• fermenter

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Old French digestion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da??d??st??n/, /d??d??st??n/
• Rhymes: -?st??n

Noun

digestion (countable and uncountable, plural digestions)

1. The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
2. The result of this process.
3. The ability to use this process.
4. The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
5. The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
6. (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
7. (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.

Derived terms

• predigestion

Related terms

• digest
• digester
• digestible

Translations

Anagrams

• genistoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digestio, digestionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??s.tj??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

digestion f (plural digestions)

1. digestion

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• digestioun
• digestiun

Noun

digestion f (oblique plural digestions, nominative singular digestion, nominative plural digestions)

1. digestion

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /did??es?tju?/

Noun

digestion f

1. digestion