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Khat vs Cathinone - What's the difference?

khat | cathinone |

As an adjective khat

is thirsty (needing to drink).

As a noun cathinone is

(organic compound) the aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat.

khat

English

(wikipedia khat)

Alternative forms

* gat, kat, qat, quat, tschat

Noun

  • A shrub whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 31:
    • Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.
  • * 2011 , Jay Badahur, The Guardian , 24 May 2011:
    • Habitually munching on narcotic leaves of khat , they are easy enough to spot, their gleaming Toyota four-wheel-drives slicing paths around beaten-up wheelbarrows and pushcarts.

    Synonyms

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    cathinone

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cathinone) (-)
  • (organic compound) The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat