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Ethyl vs Ethan - What's the difference?

ethyl | ethan |

As a noun ethyl

is the univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

As a proper noun Ethan is

A given name derived from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.

ethyl

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

    • Derived terms

    * ethyl acetate * ethyl acrylate * ethyl alcohol * ethyl benzoate * ethyl borate * ethyl bromide * ethyl carbamate * ethyl cellulose * ethyl chloride * ethyl ether * ethyl formate * ethyl green * ethyl iodide * ethyl mercaptan * ethylmercury, ethyl mercury * ethyl nitrate * ethyl nitrite * ethyl oxalate * ethyl oxide * ethyl salicate * ethyl silicate * ethyl sulfide * methyl ethyl ketone

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    ethan

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    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • * :
    • For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
  • * 1889 John Langdon Heaton: The Story of Vermont: p.90 :
    • There have been Ethan' Allen mills, '''Ethan''' Allen stock companies, '''Ethan''' Allen fire companies and ' Ethan Allen streets. The name of the daring partisan leader has been used in Vermont much as that of Washington throughout the Union.
  • * 2001 , Alfred A. Knopf 2001, Back When We Were Grownups , ISBN 0375412530, page 88:
    • They would have named him something dignified: Ethan , or Tristram. Something that couldn't easily be shortened.

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