In biochemistry|lang=en terms the difference between hydrolysis and nitrilase

is that hydrolysis is (biochemistry) the degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides) while nitrilase is (biochemistry) any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.

As nouns the difference between hydrolysis and nitrilase

is that hydrolysis is (chemistry) a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water while nitrilase is (biochemistry) any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of nitriles to carboxylic acids and ammonia, without the formation of "free" amide intermediates.