Alcohol vs Aldehyde - What's the difference?
alcohol | aldehyde |
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
(uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
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(organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R ·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
As nouns the difference between alcohol and aldehyde
is that alcohol is (organic chemistry|countable) any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-oh) while aldehyde is (organic chemistry) any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (r ·cho) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.alcohol
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