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However, to be more precise, a liquid becoming a solid is known as solidification. In other words, a liquid turning to solid can also be called freezing where the new state is achieved by lowering the temperature of the liquid to its freezing point.
Solidification or freezing is the term used for the process in which a liquid becomes a solid. Freezing is an exothermic process that also is an example of a phase transition.
When the liquid changes into solid state, it's called freezing or solidification.
The process of interconversion of liquid into solid state is called as freezing.