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Aba vs Aza - What's the difference?

aba | aza |

As nouns the difference between aba and aza

is that aba is man, especially a brazilian male indian while aza is (chemistry) used attributively for a nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.

aba

English

Etymology 1

. Compare (abaya).

Alternative forms

* abba

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
  • A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.
  • * 1957 , Lawrence Durrell, Justine :
    • Here Nessim would sit night after night in the winter, dressed in his old rust-coloured abba , staring gravely at Betelgeuse, or hovering over books of calculations for all the world like a medieval soothsayer.
    Synonyms
    * abaya

    Etymology 2

    * From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

    English palindromes English three-letter words ---- ==Dení==

    Noun

    • References

    * ----

    aza

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) Used attributively for a nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring
  • * 2003 , Heinrich Zollinger, Color Chemistry [http://books.google.com/books?id=0Ynge4E5rqYC], ISBN 3906390233, page 73:
    • "However, aza N-atoms (~N=) have to be counted, if they replace methine groups in the chain."

    Derived terms

    * aziridine English palindromes ----