As nouns the difference between chemistry and drugstore
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 drugstore is a pharmacy; a retail store, the main product of which is medications (usually both prescription and non-prescription), along with first aid and other similar products.
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
drugstore
English
Alternative forms
* drug store
Noun
(
en noun)
(chiefly, US, Canada) A pharmacy; a retail store, the main product of which is medications (usually both prescription and non-prescription), along with first aid and other similar products.
Usage notes
* Most drugstores also carry an assortment of other health and beauty products, and some may carry many other products such as groceries, books and magazines, consumer electronics, etc. Some drugstores may obtain the majority of their revenue from these additional products.
* Some supermarkets (large grocers) and department stores may have a pharmacy inside the main store, but such a pharmacy is not usually referred to as a drugstore .
Synonyms
* pharmacy
* apothecary
* chemist, chemist's (UK)
* (owned and operated by pharmacist) druggist's, druggist, pharmacist's; (UK)
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