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Hydrocarbon vs Chloroethane - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | chloroethane |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and chloroethane

is that hydrocarbon is a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while chloroethane is the halogenated hydrocarbon CH3-CH2Cl, one used as an anesthetic; it has many industrial applications.

hydrocarbon

English

(wikipedia hydrocarbon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

    • Derived terms

    * fluorochlorohydrocarbon * hydrocarbonaceous * hydrocarbonic

    Hyponyms

    * alkane * alkene * alkyne * cycloalkane * cycloalkene * arene

    See also

    * aliphatic * aromatic * petroleum

    chloroethane

    English

    (wikipedia chloroethane)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) The halogenated hydrocarbon CH3-CH2Cl, one used as an anesthetic; it has many industrial applications

    • Synonyms

    * ethyl chloride

    Hypernyms

    * chloroalkane

    Hyponyms

    * dichloroethane

    Derived terms

    * dichloroethane