Difference between Thinner and Diluent

What is the difference between Thinner and Diluent?

Thinner as an adjective is having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. while Diluent as an adjective is diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, especially of water.

Thinner

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.

Example sentence: I get more work when I'm thinner. I was playing Alice Cooper, and I had to lose a stone, so I wasn't eating sugar. You can't just get straight back onto sugar, as it's quite a powerful thing.

Diluent

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which dilutes.A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing.An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, especially of water.

We hope you now know whether to use Thinner or Diluent in your sentence.

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