As nouns the difference between carbine and carbane
is that carbine is a rifle with a short barrel while carbane is (nonstandard|organic compound) a proposed systematic name for methane.
carbine
Noun
(
en noun)
A rifle with a short barrel.
Related terms
* Jungle Carbine
Anagrams
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carbane
English
Noun
(-)
(nonstandard, organic compound) A proposed systematic name for methane.
Usage notes
* This is not recommended by IUPAC