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Chemistry vs Chemy - What's the difference?

chemistry | chemy |

As nouns the difference between chemistry and chemy

is that chemistry is the branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules while chemy is alchemy, chemistry prior to their being properly distinguished.

chemistry

English

(wikipedia chemistry)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
  • (countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
    • the chemistry of iron
    the chemistry of indigo
  • (informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.

    • Usage notes

    * Historical note:'' This word and its derivatives were formerly spelled ''chy-'' or sometimes ''chi-'' (''i.e.'', ''chymistry'', ''chymist'', ''chymical'', ''etc.'', or ''chimistry'', ''chimist'', ''chimical , etc.) with pronunciation depending on the spelling.

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from chemistry) * actinochemistry * agrochemistry * applied chemistry * astrochemistry * atmochemistry * bacteriochemistry, bacterio-chemistry * biochemistry * biogeochemistry * bucket chemistry * carbochemistry * click chemistry * clinical biochemistry * clinical chemistry * combinatorial chemistry * computational chemistry * coordination chemistry * cosmochemistry * cryochemistry * cytochemistry * dendrochemistry * ecochemistry * electrochemistry * endochemistry * exochemistry * femtochemistry * fluorochemistry * galactochemistry * geochemistry * glycochemistry * haematochemistry * heliochemistry * histochemistry * hydrochemistry * hydrogenochemistry * hydrogeochemistry * iatrochemistry * immunochemistry * immunocytochemistry * immunohistochemistry * inorganic chemistry * isotopic chemistry * limnochemistry, limno-chemistry * lipochemistry * lithochemistry * macrochemistry * magnetochemistry * mechanochemistry * medicinal chemistry * membrane mimetic chemistry * metallobiochemistry * meteorochemistry * microchemistry * mineralochemistry * nanochemistry * neurobiochemistry * neurochemistry * nitrochemistry * nonchemistry * nuclear chemistry * nucleochemistry * oceanochemistry * oleochemistry * organic chemistry * organochemistry, organo-chemistry * organometallic chemistry * oxy-chemistry * palaeogeochemistry * pedochemistry * petrochemistry * petrolochemistry * pharmacochemistry * photochemistry * photoelectrochemistry * photomechanochemistry * physical chemistry * physiological chemistry * phytochemistry * piezochemistry * plasmochemistry * pneumochemistry * polychemistry * practical chemistry * pure chemistry * pyrochemistry * quantum chemistry * radiation chemistry * radiochemistry * regiochemistry * selenochemistry * semiochemistry * silico-chemistry * sociochemistry * soil biochemistry * soil chemistry * sonochemistry * spectrochemistry * spectroelectrochemistry * stereochemistry * thermochemistry * toxicochemistry, toxico-chemistry * virochemistry * wet chemistry * xenochemistry * xylochemistry * * zoochemistry

    Related terms

    (terms related to chemistry) * alchemy * chemical * chemical equation * chemist

    chemy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) alchemy, chemistry (prior to their being properly distinguished)

    • References

    * “ †chemy, n.'']” listed in the '' [Draft revision; Sept. 2008 * “ †?chemy]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989

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