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Alkali vs Hepar - What's the difference?

alkali | hepar |

As a noun alkali

is alkali.

As an acronym hepar is

(rights and equality party).

alkali

English

(wikipedia alkali)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
  • Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
  • (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.

    • Synonyms

    * (chemistry) base

    Antonyms

    * (chemistry) acid

    Derived terms

    * alkaline * alkali metal

    Related terms

    * alkalied * alkaloid

    See also

    * caustic * pH ----

    hepar

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete, chemistry) liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).
  • (obsolete, chemistry) Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide.
    • (Webster 1913) ----