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Beeswax vs Melene - What's the difference?

beeswax | melene |

As nouns the difference between beeswax and melene

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 melene is an unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax.

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.

    • melene

    English

    Noun

  • (organic compound) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax.

    • Synonyms

    * melissene * melissylene (Webster 1913) ----