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Carbohydrate vs Polysaccharide - What's the difference?

carbohydrate | polysaccharide | Hypernyms |

Polysaccharide is a hypernym of carbohydrate.



As nouns the difference between carbohydrate and polysaccharide

is that carbohydrate is a sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide while polysaccharide is a polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.

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.
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    • , 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.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * anticarbohydrate * complex carbohydrate * simple carbohydrate

    polysaccharide

    English

    (wikipedia polysaccharide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
    • Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.

    Hyponyms

    * cellulose * glycogen * starch * See also

    Hypernyms

    * carbohydrate

    Related terms

    * monosaccharide * oligosaccharide