| A | B |
| SOLUTION | HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE |
| SOLUTE | SUBSTANCE BEING DISSOLVED |
| SOLVENT | SUBSTANCE DOING THE DISSOLVING |
| MOLARITY | MOLES OF SOLUTE PER LITER OF SOLUTION |
| MOLALITY | MOLES OF SOLUTE PER KILOGRAM OF SOLVENT |
| UNSATURATED | LESS SOLUTE THAN REQUIRED TO MAKE A SATURATED SOLUTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SOLVENT |
| SATURATED | ALL THE SOLUTE THAT WILL DISSOLVE UNDER ORDINARY CONDITIONS HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SOLVENT AND THERE IS AN EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN THE DISSOLVED AND UNDISSOLVED SOLUTE |
| SUPER SATURATED | MORE SOLUTE IS DISSOLVED IN THE SOLVENT THAN COULD DISSOLVE UNDER ORDINARY CONDITIONS |
| ELECTROLYTE | SOLUTE THAT FORMS IONS WHEN IT DISSOLVES |
| NONELECTROLYTE | SOLUTE THAT FORMS SEPERATED MOLECULES OR FORMULA UNITS WHEN IT DISSOLVES |
| VAPOR PRESSURE | PRESSURE EXERTED BY A LIQUID'S VAPOR IN EQUILIBRIUM WITH THE LIQUID AT A SPECIFIED TEMPERATURE |
| BOLING POINT | TEMPERATURE AT WHICH THE VAPOR PRESSURE OF THE LIQUID IS EQUAL TO THE SURROUNDING PRESSURE |
| FREEZING POINT | TEMPERATURE AT WHICH THE SOLID AND LIQUID PHASE OF A SUBSTANCE ARE IN EQUILIBRIUM WITH EACH OTHER |
| COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES | BEHAVIORS OF A SOLVENT THAT ARE ALTERED WHEN A SOLUTE IS ADDED TO THE SOLVENT |