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Indole vs Insole - What's the difference?

indole | insole |

As nouns the difference between indole and insole

is that indole is an organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications while insole is the inside sole of a shoe or other footwear.

indole

English

(wikipedia indole)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.
  • (chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole1.

    • Derived terms

    * azaindole * indoleacetic acid * indoleamine * indolebutyric acid * isoindole

    Hyponyms

    * acemetacin * atevirdine * cediranib * dirlotapide * dolasetron * gramine * indalpine * indican * indoleamine * indolequinone * indometacin * indoxyl * isoindole * mebhydrolin * monatin * naltrindole * oxametacin * paxilline * pindolol * ramosetron * sertindole * sumatriptan * tenidap * tropisetron

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    insole

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The inside sole of a shoe or other footwear

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