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Ethanol vs Ether - What's the difference?

ethanol | ether |

As nouns the difference between ethanol and ether

is that ethanol is a simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH while ether is a compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.

As a verb ether is

: {{usex|lang=en|The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame.}.

As a proper noun Ether is

the god/personification of the bright, glowing upper air of heaven. He is the Roman counterpart of Aether.

ethanol

English

(wikipedia ethanol)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.
  • Specifically , this alcohol as a fuel.
  • * 2010 January 26, , Ohio State of the State Address, 05:25–39:
    • In 2007, not one drop of ethanol' was produced in Ohio. Today, four ' ethanol facilities in Ohio are producing two hundred and ninety-five million gallons annually.

    Synonyms

    * (simple aliphatic alcohol) (when used as a food additive)

    Derived terms

    * bioethanol

    ether

    English

    (wikipedia ether)

    Alternative forms

    * aether * (dated British spelling) * aethyr, ethyr (archaic spellings)

    Noun

  • (organic compound, countable) A compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
  • (organic compound, uncountable) Diethyl ether (C4H10O), a compound used as an early anaesthetic.
  • (ancient philosophy, and, alchemy, uncountable) A classical physical element, considered as prevalent in the heavens and inaccessible to humans. In some versions of alchemy, this was the fifth element in addition to air, earth, fire and water.
  • (archaic, physics, uncountable) A substance (aether ) once thought to fill all space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy (disproved by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}
  • The sky or heavens; the upper air.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ether")

    Derived terms

    * crown ether * lariat ether * petroleum ether * pyroacetic ether * sulfur ether, sulphur ether

    Verb

    (slang) To viciously insult.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2014-02-26, magazine=(Deadspin)
    • , title= HS Coach Gets Ethered By Girlfriend On FB, Resigns Amid Investigation }}

    Quotations

    (English Citations of "ether")

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