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Organic vs Chemistry - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between organic and chemistry

is that organic is (chemistry) an organic compound while chemistry is (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.

As an adjective organic

is (biology) pertaining to or derived from living organisms.

organic

English

(wikipedia organic)

Alternative forms

* organick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (biology) pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
  • pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
  • (chemistry) relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products
  • of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
  • (sociology) describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdepencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
  • (military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
  • * 1998 : Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit . Beghahn Books, p 29.
    • ''Socially, the term “organic ” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past.
  • * 1945 : U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces . LSU Press (1990). p 161.
    • Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies.
  • Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
  • * Milton
    • those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously
  • (Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers.
  • * 2008 , Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business
    • According to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results.

    Coordinate terms

    * (chemistry) inorganic

    Derived terms

    * organic agriculture * organic chemistry * organic forestry * organic intellectual * organicness

    Related terms

    * organicity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An organic compound

    • See also

    * inorganic

    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