different between triturated vs comminuted

English

Etymology

Participle adjective of triturate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??tj??e?t?d/

Adjective

triturated (comparative more triturated, superlative most triturated)

1. Ground down; pulverised.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

     They cast no reflection in the water at their feet – it was too triturated by the pricking of the rain.

Verb

triturated

1. simple past tense and past participle of triturate

English

Etymology

From comminute +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m?nju?t?d/

Adjective

comminuted (comparative more comminuted, superlative most comminuted)

1. Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 53:

     Hawaiian sand is utterly different: it is comminuted coral and algae, the broken detritus of a hundred thousand storms washed up against the land.

   • 1992, Bailey et al., Undesirable Flavors of Meat, Food Science and Nutrition Department, University of Missouri, in Off-Flavors in Foods and Beverages (Elsevier), p. 127:

     Although WOF [warmed-over flavor] has generally been recognized as pertaining to cooked meat, it can also develop rapidly in raw comminuted meat when exposed to air.

Synonyms

• triturated

Verb

comminuted

1. simple past tense and past participle of comminute