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What is the difference between aromatic and pyrene?

aromatic | pyrene |

As nouns the difference between aromatic and pyrene

is that aromatic is a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it while pyrene is (chemistry) a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar or pyrene can be (botany) the stone of a drupe.

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

    *

    pyrene

    English

    (wikipedia pyrene)

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar
    • Derived terms
    * polypyrene * pyrenic

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) the stone of a drupe