Ethyl vs Ethel - What's the difference?
ethyl | ethel |
(organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
* 1855 William Makepeace Thackeray: The Newcomes . Bradbury and Evans 1855. page 95:
* 1979 Mary McMullen: But Nellie Was So Nice . Doubleday 1979. page 23:
As nouns the difference between ethyl and ethel
is that ethyl is the univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom while ethel is the letter Œ/œ, or the rune ᛟ.As a proper noun Ethel is
{{given name|female|from=Old English}}, popular at the turn of the 20th century.ethyl
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Noun
(en noun)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 ketoneAnagrams
* ----ethel
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- If it is so false, and base, and hollow, this great world - - - why does Ethel Newcome cling to it? Will you be fairer, dear, with any other name than your own?
- Charmian Lyle had given herself her first name at the age of sixteen, upon encountering it in an English novel. Her baptismal name was Ethel'. When her husband Walter was extremely angry with her, he called her ' Ethel .
- Charmian, she thought, suited her much better. She didn't think she looked, felt, or sounded like Ethel . Nor like her middle name, which she really detested, Edna.
