Amphiprotic vs Amphiphilic - What's the difference?
amphiprotic | amphiphilic |
(chemistry) being able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus being able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric
(chemistry, of a molecule) Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups.
(biochemistry, of a protein, especially an alpha helix) Having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones.