leach vs lixiviate

leach

verb
  • To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. 

  • To part with soluble constituents by percolation. 

noun
  • A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. 

  • A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century. 

  • A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. 

lixiviate

verb
  • To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach. 

noun
  • leachate 

adj
  • Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. 

  • Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts. 

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