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Hydrocarbon vs Octacosane - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | octacosane |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and octacosane

is that hydrocarbon is a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while octacosane is any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having 28 carbon atoms, but especially n-octacosane CH3(CH2)26CH3

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

    octacosane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having 28 carbon atoms, but especially n-octacosane CH3(CH2)26CH3