Cellular vs Cellulose - What's the difference?
cellular | cellulose |
Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
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A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.
(organic compound) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.
Consisting of, or containing, cells.
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As nouns the difference between cellular and cellulose
is that cellular is (us|informal) a cellular phone (mobile phone) while cellulose is (chiefly in technical texts).As an adjective cellular
is of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.cellular
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(en adjective)citation, passage=The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, just as having the human genome has made it possible to ask new questions about cellular and molecular systems.}}
