Absorbent material and Sorbent material

Absorbent material noun - A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance.

Sorbent material and absorbent material are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sorbent material" instead a noun phrase "Absorbent material".

Sorbent material noun - A material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption.

Absorbent material and sorbent material are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Absorbent material" with "Sorbent material", this phrases are similar.