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Karen vs Arsenic - What's the difference?

karen | arsenic |

As nouns the difference between karen and arsenic

is that karen is while arsenic is arsenic.

karen

English

(wikipedia Karen)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) Karen.

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • . First taken up as a given name in the U.S.A., and popular in the English-speaking world from the 1950s to the 1970s.
  • * 1878 , Drift-Weed , Houghton, Osgood,1878, page 28 ("Karen"):
    • Left you a lover in that far land, / O Karen sad, that you pine so long! / Would I could unravel and understand / That sorrowful, sweet Norwegian song!
  • * 1918 Cecily Ullman Sidgwick, Karen , W.Collins, 1918, page 12:
    • I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother. So much for our family affairs.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A group of languages of Myanmar and Thailand.

    • External links

    Ethnologue report on the Karen languages

    Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    arsenic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * arsenick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia arsenic)
  • A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
  • Arsenic trioxide.

    • Derived terms

    * antimonial arsenic * arsane * arsanilic * arsenate * arsenetted * arseniate * arseniated * arsenicane * arsenicate * arsenicated * arsenic bloom * arsenic diiodide * arsenic dioxide * arsenic diphosphide * arsenic disulfide, arsenic disulphide * arsenic glass * arsenic hemiselenide * arsenicised, arsenicized * arsenicism * arsenicite * arsenic monophosphide * arsenic monoxide * arsenic monoxide monochloride * arsenicophagy * arsenic oxybromide * arsenic oxychloride * arsenic pentafluoride * arsenic pentaoxide * arsenic pentaselenide * arsenic pentasulfide * arsenic pentoxide * arsenic sesquioxide * arsenic tetrachloride fluoride * arsenic tetraoxide * arsenic tetrasulfide * arsenic trihydride * arsenic tribromide * arsenic trichloride * arsenic trifluoride * arsenic triiodide * arsenic trioxide * arsenic triphosphide * arsenic triselenide * arsenide * arsenious * arsenite * arseniuret * arseno- * arsenous * arsine * arsonium * flowers of arsenic * iron arsenic sulfide * native arsenic * nickel arsenic sulfide * red arsenic * sulfide of arsenic, sulphide of arsenic * trihydride of arsenic * white arsenic * yellow arsenic

    Related terms

    * arsenical * arsenicosis * arsenicum album * arsenous * arsphenamine * neoarsphenamine, neosalvarsan * sulfarsin, sulpharsin

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.

    • Derived terms

    * arsenic acid * arsenic anhydride * sulfarsenic acid, sulpharsenic acid * sulfoarsenic acid, sulphoarsenic acid

    See also

    * aqua Tofana * arsenious * auri pigmentum * cobaltite * erythrite * Fowler’s solution * king’s yellow * Marsh test * mimetite * mispickel * orpiment * Paris green * realgar * red orpiment * ruby sulfur, ruby sulphur * thorin

    Anagrams

    * * English heteronyms English terms derived from Persian ----