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Carbonic vs Carbolic - What's the difference?

carbonic | carbolic |

As adjectives the difference between carbonic and carbolic

is that carbonic is of or relating to carbon while carbolic is of, relating to or containing carbolic acid.

As a noun carbolic is

carbolic acid or similar disinfectant.

carbonic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to carbon.

    • Derived terms

    * carbonic acid * carbonic anhydrase * carbonic anhydride * carbonic oxide * carbonic paper * carbonic snow * chlorocarbonic acid * sulfato-carbonate, sulpho-carbonate * sulfocarbonic acid, sulphocarbonic acid

    carbolic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, relating to or containing carbolic acid

    • Noun

    (-)
  • carbolic acid or similar disinfectant

    • Derived terms

    * carbolic acid * carbolic soap * sulfocarbolic acid, sulphocarbolic acid