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Hydrate vs Hydride - What's the difference?

hydrate | hydride |

In chemistry terms the difference between hydrate and hydride

is that hydrate is a solid compound containing or linked to water molecules while hydride is a compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element.

As a verb hydrate

is to take up, consume or become linked to water.

hydrate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
  • (inorganic compound, rare) Water.

    • Derived terms

    * carbohydrate * chloral hydrate * decahydrate * dihydrate * dodecahydrate * gas hydrate * hemihydrate * heptahydrate * hexahydrate * methane hydrate * monohydrate * nonahydrate * octahydrate * pentahydrate * sesquihydrate * tetrahydrate * trihydrate * undecahydrate

    See also

    * ("hydrate" on Wikipedia) * water of crystallization

    Verb

    (hydrat)
  • To take up, consume or become linked to water.
    • A lotion can hydrate the skin.
  • (slang) To drink water.

    • Synonyms

    * (to add water to) bewater

    Coordinate terms

    * caffeinate

    Derived terms

    * dehydrate * rehydrate * hydration

    Anagrams

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    hydride

    English

    (wikipedia hydride)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) a compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element

    • Derived terms

    *aluminium hydride *aluminohydride *beryllium hydride *bismuth hydride *borohydride *dihydride *fluorohydride *gallium hydride *indium hydride *lanthanide hydride *lead hydride *lithium aluminium hydride *lithium hydride *metal hydride *nickel hydride *palladium hydride *plutonium hydride *polonium hydride *selenium hydride *silicon hydride *sodium hydride *tellurium hydride *tetrahydride *thallium hydride *tin hydride *trihydride

    See also

    *alane *alkane *alkene *alkyne *alumane *ammonia *arsane *arsine *astatane *azane *bismuthane *bromane *carbane *chlorane *fluorane *gallane *germane *hydrazine *hydrogen peroxide *hydrogen selenide *hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen sulphide *hydrogen telluride *indigane *iodane *oxidane *phosphane *phosphine *plumbane *polane *selane *silane *stannane *stibane *stibine *sulfane, sulphane *tellane *thallane *water