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Alcohol vs Glycolysis - What's the difference?

alcohol | glycolysis |

As nouns the difference between alcohol and glycolysis

is that alcohol is while glycolysis is (biology) the cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and atp as an energy source.

alcohol

English

(wikipedia alcohol)

Noun

  • (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
  • (uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
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  • (obsolete) Any very fine powder.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * -holic * -holism * -ol * alcohol abuse * alcoholic * alcoholism * low-alcohol * non-alcoholic * nonalcoholic

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    glycolysis

    English

    (wikipedia glycolysis)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source.