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Methol vs Menthol - What's the difference?

methol | menthol |

As nouns the difference between methol and menthol

is that methol is methyl alcohol; wood spirit while menthol is a cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.

methol

English

Noun

  • (organic compound) methyl alcohol; wood spirit
  • (organic compound, by extension) Any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type.
    • (Webster 1913)

    menthol

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia menthol) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) a cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes
  • A menthol cigarette.

    • Derived terms

    * dextromenthol * levomenthol * racementhol