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Lipid vs Lipoid - What's the difference?

lipid | lipoid |

As nouns the difference between lipid and lipoid

is that lipid is any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body. They are, however, soluble in nonpolar organic solvents while lipoid is a lipid or other substance resembling fat.

As an adjective lipoid is

pertaining to fat.

lipid

English

(wikipedia lipid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body. They are, however, soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.

    • Derived terms

    * biolipid * geolipid * nonlipid

    lipoid

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • pertaining to fat
  • :* 1984': She advertised the '''lipoid virtues of what he had heard called junkfood, presumably food for junkies, whom, living in Tangiers, he knew all about. — Anthony Burgess, ''Enderby's Dark Lady

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lipid or other substance resembling fat