different between solidify vs curdle

English

Etymology

From French solidifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?d??fa?/

Verb

solidify (third-person singular simple present solidifies, present participle solidifying, simple past and past participle solidified)

1. (transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body.
2. (transitive) To concentrate; consolidate.
3. (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.

Derived terms

• solidifiable
• solidification
• solidifier

Translations

References

• solidify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Metathesis of earlier dialectal cruddle, crudle, equivalent to curd +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.d?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.d?l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d?l

Verb

curdle (third-person singular simple present curdles, present participle curdling, simple past and past participle curdled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)

   Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
3. (transitive) To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly

Derived terms

• blood-curdling
• curdled

Translations

Anagrams

• crudle, curled