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Calories vs Carbohydrate - What's the difference?

calories | carbohydrate |

As nouns the difference between calories and carbohydrate

is that calories is while carbohydrate is (organic chemistry|nutrition) a sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide.

calories

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Noun

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    carbohydrate

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia carbohydrate) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}

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    Derived terms

    * anticarbohydrate * complex carbohydrate * simple carbohydrate