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Cyanide vs Kyanite - What's the difference?

cyanide | kyanite |

As nouns the difference between cyanide and kyanite

is that cyanide is any compound containing the -C≡N radical or the C≡N-1 anion while kyanite is a blue neosilicate mineral, Al2SiO5, found in metamorphic rocks.

cyanide

English

(wikipedia cyanide)

Noun

  • (chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C?N radical or the C?N-1 anion.
  • (uncountable) potassium cyanide - a water soluble poison
  • (uncountable) hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas

    • Derived terms

    * ferricyanide * ferrocyanide

    See also

    * hydrocyanic acid * Zyklon B * Nevada gas (slang)

    kyanite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia kyanite)
  • a blue neosilicate mineral, Al2SiO5, found in metamorphic rocks