Acetate vs Lactate - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between acetate and lactate

is that acetate is while lactate is .

(wikipedia acetate)

(en noun)

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.

cellulose acetate

A transparent sheet used for overlays.

A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

* (salt or ester of acetic acid) ethanoate

(lactat)

To secrete or produce milk

(en noun)

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid

* lactation