Hydrate vs Hydrase - What's the difference?
hydrate | hydrase |
(chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
(inorganic compound, rare) Water.
To take up, consume or become linked to water.
(slang) To drink water.
In chemistry terms the difference between hydrate and hydrase
is that hydrate is a solid compound containing or linked to water molecules while hydrase is an enzyme that catalyzes the addition of water.As a verb hydrate
is to take up, consume or become linked to water.hydrate
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* carbohydrate * chloral hydrate * decahydrate * dihydrate * dodecahydrate * gas hydrate * hemihydrate * heptahydrate * hexahydrate * methane hydrate * monohydrate * nonahydrate * octahydrate * pentahydrate * sesquihydrate * tetrahydrate * trihydrate * undecahydrateSee also
* ("hydrate" on Wikipedia) * water of crystallizationVerb
(hydrat)- A lotion can hydrate the skin.