different between sourness vs detartration

English

From Middle English sowrenesse, sournesse, from Old English s?rnes (“sourness”), equivalent to sour +? -ness.

sourness (countable and uncountable, plural sournesses)

de- +? tartrate +? -ation

detartration (uncountable)

The process of detartrating, i.e. removing tartrates, especially from fruit juices and wines, in order to reduce tartness or sourness.
- 1959, Purdue University Dept. of Engineering, Extension Series, p. 801:
  Detartration is of interest if potassium bitartrate is to be recovered.
- 1951, Morris Boris Jacobs, The Chemistry and Technology of Food and Food Products, p. 2200
  Detartration by bulk storage is accomplished in one of two ways.

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