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Hydroquinone vs Quinine - What's the difference?

hydroquinone | quinine |

As nouns the difference between hydroquinone and quinine

is that hydroquinone is the diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol while quinine is a bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.

hydroquinone

English

(wikipedia hydroquinone)

Noun

  • (organic compound) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.

    • quinine

    English

    (wikipedia quinine)

    Noun

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  • (pharmaceutical drug) A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.
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    • See also

    * Jesuit's bark ----