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Hydrocarbon vs Pentacosane - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | pentacosane |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and pentacosane

is that hydrocarbon is a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while pentacosane is any of very many isomeric forms of a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 25 carbon atoms, but especially n-pentacosane CH3(CH2)23CH3 that is found in beeswax.

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

    pentacosane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of very many isomeric forms of a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 25 carbon atoms, but especially n-pentacosane CH3(CH2)23CH3 that is found in beeswax