Hydroxychloroquine vs Bleach - What's the difference?
hydroxychloroquine | bleach |
An antimalarial drug used to reduce inflammation in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
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(intransitive, biology, of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
(countable) A variety of bleach.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
A disease of the skin.
As nouns the difference between hydroxychloroquine and bleach
is that hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial drug used to reduce inflammation in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus while bleach is (uncountable) a chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening or bleach can be an act of bleaching; exposure to the sun or bleach can be a disease of the skin.As an adjective bleach is
(archaic) pale; bleak.As a verb bleach is
to treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc) or lighten (hair).hydroxychloroquine
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(wikipedia bleach)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bleche (also bleke), from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From (etyl) blechen, from (etyl) (English blake; compare also bleak).Verb
- The destruction of the colouring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid.
- Immortal liberty, whose look sublime / Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime.
- Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.
