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minus-square018118055@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·10 months agoIt is a solvent but not a solution
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·10 months agoExactly. If you’re gonna make a chemistry joke, at least get it right. Something like “Alcohol isn’t a solution, but it can be a solvent for the right problem” would be clever and true.
minus-squareAnamana@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoHm… In german there’s not even a big difference between the words. One is ‘Lösungsmittel’ the other one is ‘Lösung’. So I think for us it works fine either way.
It is a solvent but not a solution
Exactly. If you’re gonna make a chemistry joke, at least get it right.
Something like “Alcohol isn’t a solution, but it can be a solvent for the right problem” would be clever and true.
Hm… In german there’s not even a big difference between the words. One is ‘Lösungsmittel’ the other one is ‘Lösung’. So I think for us it works fine either way.