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Hydrocarbon vs Polyhaloalkane - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | polyhaloalkane |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and polyhaloalkane

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while polyhaloalkane is (chemistry) any of very many aliphatic organic compounds derived from a hydrocarbon by the replacement of two or more hydrogen atoms with those of a halogen.

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

    polyhaloalkane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of very many aliphatic organic compounds derived from a hydrocarbon by the replacement of two or more hydrogen atoms with those of a halogen