sorbate vs adsorbate

sorbate and adsorbate both are nouns.

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

As nouns, adsorbate is a hyponym of sorbate; that is, adsorbate 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
adsorbate: a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed

Other hyponyms of sorbate include absorbate.

sorbate (noun)	adsorbate (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 adsorbed

sorbate (adjective)	adsorbate (adjective)
	capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid