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Hydrogenate vs Hydrogenator - What's the difference?

hydrogenate | hydrogenator |

As a verb hydrogenate

is (chemistry|transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat.

As a noun hydrogenator is

(chemistry) a device that hydrogenates.

hydrogenate

English

Verb

  • (chemistry) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat

    • Related terms

    * dehydrogenate * hydrogenated * hydrogenation

    hydrogenator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A device that hydrogenates.