Is vaporization and evaporation the similar thing?

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When we talk about evaporation then there a question arises, are evaporation and vaporization similar?

So here is the simple answer. Evaporation is not exactly similar to vaporization. Evaporation is the type of vaporization. Both are phase transitions (where the liquid turns into vapors) but both are occurring at different temperatures (at which phase changes occur) and on different surfaces.

Further vaporization is a bulk phenomenon but evaporation is a surface phenomenon.

Vaporization takes place at a particular temperature where liquid reaches its boiling point, but evaporation can be carried out at any temperature where the temperature difference is observed mostly below the boiling point.

difference between evaporation and vaporization

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