Camphor vs Phenyl - What's the difference?
camphor | phenyl |
(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
(organic chemistry) A univalent hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) formally derived from benzene by the removal of a hydrogen atom, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.
As nouns the difference between camphor and phenyl
is that camphor is (organic compound) a white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy while phenyl is phenyl.camphor
English
(wikipedia camphor)Noun
(-)- I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odour of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal decay, this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousand years.