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Monocytes vs Neutrophil - What's the difference?

monocytes | neutrophil |

As nouns the difference between monocytes and neutrophil

is that monocytes is (immunology) while neutrophil is (biology|medicine) such a cell, especially a white blood cell.

As an adjective neutrophil is

(biology|medicine) of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.

monocytes

English

Noun

(head)
  • (immunology)
    • ----

    neutrophil

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.

    • Noun

    (neutrophil granulocyte) (en noun)
  • (biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a white blood cell.
  • *2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 89:
  • *:One litre of human blood contains about five billion neutrophils (around half of all white blood cells).

    • Synonyms

    *neutrophil granulocyte