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Hydrocarbon vs Eikosylene - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | eikosylene |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and eikosylene

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while eikosylene is (chemistry|archaic) a liquid hydrocarbon, c20h38, of the acetylene series, obtained from lignite.

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

    eikosylene

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry, archaic) A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from lignite.

    • Synonyms

    * labdane