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Aromatic vs Thionine - What's the difference?

aromatic | thionine |

As nouns the difference between aromatic and thionine

is that aromatic is a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it while thionine is (chemistry) an artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulfur derivative of certain aromatic diamines.

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

    *

    thionine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulfur derivative of certain aromatic diamines.

    • Synonyms

    * phenylene violet (Webster 1913)