denature vs dissolve

denature

verb
  • To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person). 

  • To combine fissile material with nonfissile material in order to prevent its use in an atomic weapon. 

  • To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc. 

  • To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for most other purposes. 

dissolve

verb
  • To destroy, make disappear. 

  • To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate. 

  • To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding. 

  • To be disintegrated by such immersion. 

  • To disperse, drive apart a group of persons. 

  • To resolve itself as by dissolution. 

  • To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas. 

  • To liquify, melt into a fluid. 

  • To be melted, changed into a fluid. 

  • To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in. 

  • To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. 

  • To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release. 

noun
  • a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next 

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