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Lachrymatory vs Nonivamide - What's the difference?

lachrymatory | nonivamide |

As nouns the difference between lachrymatory and nonivamide

is that lachrymatory is a vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in roman burials while nonivamide is (organic compound) a capsaicinoid, an amide of pelargonic acid and vanillylamine, present in chili peppers and used as a food additive and a lachrymatory agent.

As an adjective lachrymatory

is pertaining to or causing tears.

lachrymatory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or causing tears.
  • * 1919': It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of ' lachrymatory gas. — Winston Churchill,

    • Noun

    (lachrymatories)
  • A vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.
  • * 1658': For beside these '''Lachrymatories , notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)

    • nonivamide

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia nonivamide)
  • (organic compound) A capsaicinoid, an amide of pelargonic acid and vanillylamine, present in chili peppers and used as a food additive and a lachrymatory agent.