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A solute is something that dissolves into a solvent. The solvent is the substance present in the greatest amount (there is always more of it) and the solute is always present in a smaller amount. Together they form a solution.
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Italians use vinegar and oil on their salads, typically applied separately, although Americans tend to like to mix the two together. They really do do not mix well, and tend to form a suspension, or sometimes an emulsion for a period of time before separating. You wouldn't really define one being a solvent and the other being a solute. Although, it a sense, the oil may tend to form droplets within the water/vinegar matrix so I'd inclined to label the water/vinegar as the solvent.
When solute dissolves in solvent it is being surrounded by the solvent's molecules. Because there are a finite number of molecules in a given amount of solvent, there is a limit to how much solute can fit in.
In science, dissolve means forming strong bonds between molecules of solute &solvent to form a complete solution which cannot be separated by simple processes like filtration.