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Hydrolyze vs Hydrolysis - What's the difference?

hydrolyze | hydrolysis |

Hydrolysis is a related term of hydrolyze.



In chemistry terms the difference between hydrolyze and hydrolysis

is that hydrolyze is to undergo, or to subject something to hydrolysis while hydrolysis is a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

As a verb hydrolyze

is to undergo, or to subject something to hydrolysis.

As a noun hydrolysis is

a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

hydrolyze

English

Alternative forms

* hydrolyse

Verb

(hydrolyz) (transitive'' and ''intransitive )
  • (chemistry) to undergo, or to subject something to hydrolysis

    • hydrolysis

    English

    Noun

    (hydrolyses)
  • (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.
  • (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)

    • Related terms

    * hydrolyze