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Dimer vs Disaccharide - What's the difference?

dimer | disaccharide |

As nouns the difference between dimer and disaccharide

is that dimer is a molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge while disaccharide is any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.

dimer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.

    • Related terms

    * dimeric * dimerous * dimery * heterodimeric * homodimeric * oxodimer

    See also

    * polymer * oligomer * monomer

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    disaccharide

    English

    (wikipedia disaccharide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.

    • Hyponyms

    * sucrose * lactose * maltose * trehalose * turanose * cellobiose

    Coordinate terms

    * monosaccharide * trisaccharide * tetrasaccharide * oligosaccharide * polysaccharide