is a specific kind of: physical process, process.

is a broader term that covers: radiation | absorption | acidification | adiabatic process | aeration | antiredeposition | capture | capture | centrifugation | chemical action, chemical change, chemical process | chromatography | concretion | condensation | convection | clotting, coagulation, curdling | decay | demagnetisation, demagnetization | desorption | diffusion | disintegration, dissolution | distillation, distillment | drift | effervescence | cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis | ecesis, establishment | extinction | extraction | feedback | filtration | flocculation | flow | formation | fossilisation, fossilization | geologic process, geological process | curing, hardening, set, solidification, solidifying | inactivation | ion exchange | ionisation, ionization | leach, leaching | magnetic induction, magnetisation, magnetization | materialisation, materialization | nuclear reaction | opacification | oscillation | oxygenation | pair creation, pair formation, pair production | phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change | precession of the equinoxes | release | saltation | scattering | sericulture | sink | soak, soakage, soaking | softening | sorption | source | rigidification, rigidifying, stiffening | stimulation | ecological succession, succession | natural selection, selection, survival, survival of the fittest | synergism, synergy | temperature change | transduction | transpiration | vitrification ... show more.

derivation: active | active.