chemical action vs fermentation

fermentation vs chemical action

chemical action and fermentation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chemical action	Yes	No	No	No
fermentation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fermentation is a hyponym of chemical action; that is, fermentation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chemical action:

chemical action: (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
fermentation: a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

Other hyponyms of chemical action include acylation, agglutinating activity, agglutination, amylolysis, association, blueing, bluing, calcification, catalysis, contact action, chelation, chemical reaction, reaction, chlorination, cleavage, corroding, corrosion, erosion, cracking, deamination, deaminization, decalcification, decarboxylation, de-iodination, demineralisation, demineralization, desalination, desalinisation, desalinization, digestion, dissociation, gasification, gassing, hydrogenation, intumescence, intumescency, swelling, inversion, iodination, chemical mechanism, mechanism, nitrification, peptisation, peptization, photosynthesis, polymerisation, polymerization, precipitation, proteolysis, pyrochemical process, pyrochemistry, sequestration, synaeresis, syneresis, synthesis, transamination, transamination, ferment, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis.

chemical action (noun)	fermentation (noun)
(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved	a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
	a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

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