different between putridity vs putrefaction

English

Etymology

From French putridité

Noun

putridity (countable and uncountable, plural putridities)

1. The state of being putrid.
2. Putrid matter.

Synonyms

• putridness

English

Etymology

First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English putrefaccioun, from Old French putrefaccïon, from Latin putrefacti?, from putrefactus, perfect passive participle of putrefaci? (“become rotten”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pju?t???fæk??n/

Noun

putrefaction (countable and uncountable, plural putrefactions)

1. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
2. Rotten material.
3. The state of being rotten.

Related terms

• putrescent
• putrefactive
• putrefacient
• putrefy
• putrid

Translations

References

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin putrefacti?.

Noun

putrefaction f (oblique plural putrefactions, nominative singular putrefaction, nominative plural putrefactions)

1. (medicine) rot; rottenness