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Aromatic vs Orthoxylene - What's the difference?

aromatic | orthoxylene |

As nouns the difference between aromatic and orthoxylene

is that aromatic is a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it while orthoxylene is (organic compound) an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).

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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    orthoxylene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia orthoxylene)
  • (organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).
    • (Webster 1913)