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permeability vs porosity

porosity vs permeability

permeability and porosity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
permeability Yes No No No
porosity Yes No No No
As nouns, porosity is a hypernym of permeability; that is, porosity is a word with a broader meaning than permeability:
  • permeability: the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
  • porosity: the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
Other hypernyms of permeability include porousness.
permeability (noun) porosity (noun)
the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion) the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
Difference between permeability and porosity

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