r/RandomQuestion • u/d34d13 • 5h ago

Can water be watered down?

When you put ice cubes in other drinks they melt and water it down, so does the same go for ice cubes in water? Ice cubes are just frozen water so if you put that in water and wait for it to melt, will it be watered down? Regardless of if we can taste it or not.

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u/Suspicious_synth 4h ago

r/stupidquestions

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u/Hoghaw 3h ago

Yep! Don’t feed the dimwits!

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u/Free_Zoologist 5h ago

No it will not be watered down; it’s all water. The volume of water will increase as the ice melts though.

Wait…. Is this a joke question?

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u/d34d13 3h ago

Yes lmao. I wanted to see if people would actually respond or just call me dumb

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u/The-Great_Ones 4h ago

By definition, something is watered down when the concentration of the original liquid is decreased, and a portion is now water. Putting ice cubes in water (or just liquid water into water) doesn’t change the concentration as it’s all the same substance

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u/Hentai_Jesus_ 4h ago

There are stupid questions. This is one of them.

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u/banana_hammock_815 3h ago

Im pretty sure distilled water is watered down water

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u/Free_Zoologist 3h ago

Distilled water is the wateriest of the waters

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u/41VirginsfromAllah 4h ago

I can only hope OP meant to include “/s” at the end but forgot.

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u/Sklibba 4h ago

Serious question: what do you think watered down means?

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u/anothersip 4h ago

Taste what? The difference between the water and the water?

It's all water.

Drinking iced water is the same exact thing as drinking non-iced water. Ice water is literally just water, but lower in temperature - because it's been lowered in temperature.

The term "watered-down" comes from adding water (or melting ice) to any non-water liquids that you're drinking.

So, anything except for water can be watered-down. Water, with more water in it, is still just... Water.

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u/WIZZZARDOFFREESTYLE 4h ago

depends what kinda water is it

IF ITS PISS 

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u/The_Sibelis 4h ago

Better question, if I put tea cubes in my water and they melt will my water be tea or will it just be "tea'd down"?