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Aromatic vs Naphthalene - What's the difference?

aromatic | naphthalene |

As nouns the difference between aromatic and naphthalene

is that aromatic is a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it while naphthalene is a white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.

As a 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

    *

    naphthalene

    English

    (wikipedia naphthalene)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
  • (organic compound) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C10H8; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.

    • Derived terms

    * naphthalene red * naphthalene yellow