Whats the difference between sterilized water and distilled water?

Question

Whats the difference between sterilized water and distilled water?

Answer 1

sterile=free of organics

distilled=pure

Sterilization (or sterilisation, see spelling differences) refers to any process that effectively kills or eliminates transmissible agents (such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, prions and spore forms etc.) from a surface, equipment, foods, medications, or biological culture medium. Sterilization can be achieved through application of heat, chemicals, irradiation, high pressure or filtration

Sterilized means that all the bacteria and viruses have been removed or killed, such as by UV irradiation or boiling.

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Distilled means the water has been bolied, the steam collected and condensed back into water.

Distillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation usually forms part of a larger chemical process, and is thus referred to as a unit operation.

Water is distilled to remove impurities, such as salt from sea water. Air is distilled to separate its components - notably oxygen, nitrogen and argon - for industrial use. Distillation of fermented solutions has been used since ancient times to produce distilled beverages with a higher alcohol content.

Answer 2

Sterilized means that all the bacteria and viruses have been removed or killed, such as by UV irradiation or boiling.  

Distilled means the water has been boiled, the steam collected, and condensed back into pure water.

Sterilized water is not necessarily pure and could still be toxic, as it could contain poisonous substances in solution such as mercury, lead, or arsenic. This question is in the water sports section, so for example chlorinated pool water would be sterilized but not necessarily toxin-free.   The chlorine has sterilized the water by killing microorganisms, but that has not removed toxins including the chlorine itself.

Distilled water will be 100% pure water with no impurities at all.