Ether vs Benzene - What's the difference?
ether | benzene |
(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).
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, title= (organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (organic chemistry, in combination) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
As nouns the difference between ether and benzene
is that ether is a compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups while benzene is an aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.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.ether
English
(wikipedia ether)Alternative forms
* aether * (dated British spelling) * aethyr, ethyr (archaic spellings)Noun
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.}}
Quotations
* (English Citations of "ether")Derived terms
* crown ether * lariat ether * petroleum ether * pyroacetic ether * sulfur ether, sulphur etherVerb
(slang) To viciously insult.HS Coach Gets Ethered By Girlfriend On FB, Resigns Amid Investigation}}
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(English Citations of "ether")Anagrams
* ----benzene
English
(wikipedia benzene)Noun
(en-noun)Philip J. Bushnell
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene , another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
