Camphor vs Terebene - What's the difference?
camphor | terebene |
(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
As nouns the difference between camphor and terebene
is that camphor is a white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy while terebene is any of various preparations, composed mainly of terpenes, obtained from camphor or turpentine by several chemical methods, used as an expectorant and antiseptic.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.