sorbate vs absorbate

sorbate and absorbate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sorbate	Yes	No	No	No
absorbate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, absorbate is a hyponym of sorbate; that is, absorbate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sorbate:

sorbate: a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
absorbate: a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed

Other hyponyms of sorbate include adsorbate.

sorbate (noun)	absorbate (noun)
a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption	a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed