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Hydrocarbon vs Hydrocarbylene - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | hydrocarbylene |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and hydrocarbylene

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while hydrocarbylene is (chemistry) any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon.

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

    hydrocarbylene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon

    • See also

    *methylene *ethylene *propylene *hydrocarbylidene