Assertion: hydrolysis | /r/CapableOf | involve the splitting of a bond
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text: As nouns the difference between hydrolysis and saponification is that hydrolysis is (chemistry) a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water while saponification is (chemistry) the hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.