What’s the difference between fermentation and rot?

The difference between fermentation and rot is that fermentation is useful to people while rot is not useful to us. Therefore, both are almost the same thing but one is useful while the other is not.

Rot

Rot is a not control process where something undergo decomposition from bacteria and fungi. Something decay as time passes. It’s not useful to us. It’s not beneficial.

During the rotting process there are microorganism that you don’t want since there are harmful to human.

The rotting process is not control, it happens naturally.

Think of an apple that fall to the ground. As time passes it start to decompose. It start rotting away until there is nothing left.

You would not eat a rotting apple.

Fermentation

Fermentation is a control process where something undergo decomposition from bacteria and fungi. Something decay as time passes. Since it’s a control process it’s useful to us. It’s beneficial to us.

Think of liquor, wine, beer, cheese, yogurt. These are some examples of thing that went through fermentation.

You might had hear that the older an unopen wine is, the better it taste and the more expensive it is.

People drink alcohol.

People eat yogurt and cheese.

Final thoughts

Fermentation and rot is basically the same thing. But fermentation is control and it’s useful to people while rot is not control and it’s not useful to us.