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Famine vs Amine - What's the difference?

famine | amine |

As a proper noun famine

is the personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.

As a noun amine is

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famine

English

Noun

(wikipedia famine)
  • (uncountable) extreme shortage of food in a region
  • * 1971 , Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation
    • Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.
  • (countable) a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
  • * 1986 , United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa
    • The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....

    amine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
  • (organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.

    • Derived terms

    * primary amine e.g. methylamine * secondary amine e.g. dimethylamine * tertiary amine e.g. trimethylamine * quaternary ammonium compound e.g.tetramethylammonium hydroxide * amino- * amino

    See also

    * ammine

    Anagrams

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