If oil (dispersed phase) is dispersed in water (continuous phase), it is an oil-in-water emulsion; if water droplets are added into an oily continuous phase, it is called a water-in-oil emulsion.
Uma uwoyela (isigaba esasakazekile) sisakazeka emanzini (isigaba esiqhubekayo), kungu-emulsion kawoyela-emanzini; uma amaconsi amanzi efakwa esigabeni esinamafutha esiqhubekayo, ibizwa ngokuthi i-water-in-oil emulsion.