different between reaction vs fermentation

English

Alternative forms

• reäction (rare)

Etymology

Old French reaction, from Latin re?cti?, from the verb reag?, from re- (“again”) + ag? (“to act”); more at re-, action; equivalent to react +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?æk??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

reaction (plural reactions)

1. An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.

2. (chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.

3. (politics) Reactionary politics; a period in which reactionary thought or politics is resurgent or dominant.
4. (Internet) An icon or emoji appended to a posted message by a user to express their feeling about it.

Synonyms

• reax (journalism jargon)
• rxn (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• Boudouard reaction
• Briggs-Rauscher reaction
• Finkelstein reaction
• overreaction

Related terms

• chain reaction
• mixed reactions
• react
• reactant
• reactionary
• reaction time
• reactor
• reactional

Translations

Anagrams

• actioner, actorine, anoretic, anticore, creation

Interlingua

Noun

reaction (plural reactiones)

1. reaction

Related terms

• reactor
• reager

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).