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Beeswax vs Hentriacontane - What's the difference?

beeswax | hentriacontane |

As nouns the difference between beeswax and hentriacontane

is that beeswax is a wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods while hentriacontane is (chemistry) a solid, long-chain alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula ch3(ch2)29ch3, found in a variety of plants and in beeswax.

As a verb beeswax

is to polish (something) with beeswax.

beeswax

English

(wikipedia beeswax)

Noun

  • A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
  • (colloquial) “Business”; in phrases like mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.

    • Synonyms

    * (when used as a glazing agent)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To polish (something) with beeswax.

    • hentriacontane

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hentriacontane)
  • (chemistry) A solid, long-chain alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula CH3(CH2)29CH3, found in a variety of plants and in beeswax.

    • Synonyms

    * untriacontane