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Aromatic vs Benzopyrene - What's the difference?

aromatic | benzopyrene |

As nouns the difference between aromatic and benzopyrene

is that aromatic is a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it while benzopyrene is benzopyrene.

As an adjective aromatic

is fragrant or spicy.

aromatic

English

Alternative forms

* aromatick (obsolete) * aromatique (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Fragrant or spicy.
  • (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
  • (organic chemistry) derived from benzene.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with aromantic.

    Antonyms

    * (organic chemistry) aliphatic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

    • Anagrams

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    benzopyrene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia benzopyrene)
  • (en noun) (Properly : benzo[a]pyrene )
  • (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (having five fused benzene rings) that is both mutagenic and carcinogenic