Geochemistry vs Biochemistry - What's the difference?
geochemistry | biochemistry |
(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, and with the chemical processes that occur in the formation of rocks and minerals etc.
(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
(countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
(countable) The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition
As nouns the difference between geochemistry and biochemistry
is that geochemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, and with the chemical processes that occur in the formation of rocks and minerals etc while biochemistry is the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism.geochemistry
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(wikipedia geochemistry) (wikiversity) (-)biochemistry
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(wikipedia biochemistry)Noun
- I want to study biochemistry .
- The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
- Our study compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's.
- The biochemistry of NO differs from that of NO2.