precipitate vs suspend

precipitate

verb
  • To come out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form. 

  • To throw an object or person from a great height. 

  • To act too hastily; to be precipitous. 

  • To send violently into a certain state or condition. 

  • To make something happen suddenly and quickly. 

  • To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets. 

  • To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground. 

  • To fall headlong. 

noun
  • a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution 

  • a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action 

adj
  • With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong. 

  • Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty. 

  • headlong; falling steeply or vertically. 

  • Performed very rapidly or abruptly. 

  • Very steep; precipitous. 

suspend

verb
  • To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid. 

  • To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event. 

  • To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel. 

  • To hold in an undetermined or undecided state. 

  • To hang freely; underhang. 

  • To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. 

  • To halt something temporarily. 

  • To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc. 

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