What's the difference between drier and siccative?

Drier

Definition:

(n.) One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
(n.) Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.
(superl.) Alt. of Driest

Example Sentences:

(1) Thus, in the case of foaming capacity, losses ranging from 17% to 34% were detected in the drum-dried hydrolysate, and of 38% to 49% in the hydrolysate dehydrated using a spray drier, during the first two months of storage.
(2) A greater number of viruses were identified in the cooler, drier months of the year.
(3) Patchy showers will continue throughout the weekend in some areas, she added, though in general conditions would be much drier than last weekend, when heavy rain and winds wrought havoc across south-west England and Wales.
(4) The tissue was transferred to a copper specimen block equipped with a thermocouple and heating circuit for accurate control of the environmental temperature of the tissue, and evacuated in a glass freeze-drier using clean high vacuum techniques for keeping the system free of hydrocarbons.
(5) What we showed is that even under natural conditions, it can become much drier than predicted by any of our models,” said Yael Kiro , a geochemist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the US.
(6) Another risk is to Wi-Fi internet access and other communications because higher temperatures can reduce the range of wireless communications, rainstorms can impact the reliability of the signal, and drier summers and wetter winters may cause greater subsidence, damaging masts and underground cables.
(7) After lyophilization, residual moisture analysis demonstrated that under conditions of rapid freezing a drier product could be obtained.
(8) Record El Niño set to cause hunger for 10 million poorest, Oxfam warns Read more The chance of a drier than normal October for southern Australia is about 70%, with the probability rising to 80% in Victoria where the state government is attempting to find ways to get water to parched areas in the west of the state.
(9) The water firms bringing in restrictions say they are investing significant resources in fixing leaks, moving water resources from wetter to drier areas and encouraging their customers to save water.
(10) The last rainy season was drier than the dry season," Mauro Arce, São Paulo's water resources secretary, told the Guardian.
(11) When rotary (drum) filters are used for phase splitting and rotary driers for drying the moist potash fertilizers the emission rate of chlorohydrogen lies between 300 and 1,000 mg m-3.
(12) The culprit is a mini cicada called a cicadelle which French lavender producers believe has proliferated because of hotter, drier summers, blamed on global warming.
(13) As the samples became drier, their porosity increased, and the predominant mode of moisture transport was by vapor phase diffusion.
(14) Deliberate hypotension can reduce major blood loss and indelicate operations can produce a drier field increasing the ease of surgery and the likelihood of a good result.
(15) The method involves the use of two selective collectors, a high output rotatory freeze-drier, two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography and gas chromatography.
(16) Other issues highlighted by the report include changes in wildlife migration, alterations in species communities as plants and animals fail to move fast enough to thrive, sewer overflows polluting the coast, changes in the soil, erosion from heavier rains, loss of staff working-time from heat stress, changes in fish stocks, and wildfires in drier summers.
(17) The middle latitudes in between, those are already the arid and semi-arid parts of the world and they are getting drier."
(18) "Hotter, drier, a longer fire season, and lot more homes that we have to deal with," Tidwell told the Guardian following his appearance.
(19) The change concentrates salt in the water left behind, and is predicted to make southern Europe and the Mediterranean much drier in future.
(20) Tests of the water content of soiled bedding showed the forced-air ventilation system to provide a much drier environment for the rodents.