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Decomposition vs Chrysophane - What's the difference?

decomposition | chrysophane |

As nouns the difference between decomposition and chrysophane

is that decomposition is a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost while chrysophane is a glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition.

decomposition

English

(wikipedia decomposition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost
  • The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis
  • The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts

    • Related terms

    * decompose

    chrysophane

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition.
    • (Webster 1913)