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Aromatic vs Myrrhic - What's the difference?

aromatic | myrrhic |

As adjectives the difference between aromatic and myrrhic

is that aromatic is fragrant or spicy while myrrhic is of, related to, or derived from myrrh.

As a noun aromatic

is a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

aromatic

English

Alternative forms

* aromatick (obsolete) * aromatique (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Fragrant or spicy.
  • (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
  • (organic chemistry) derived from benzene.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with aromantic.

    Antonyms

    * (organic chemistry) aliphatic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

    • Anagrams

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    myrrhic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, related to, or derived from myrrh.
  • * 1898 , Abridgements of Specifications , page 90,
    • A solution of myrrhic resin is obtained by treating powdered myrrh.
  • (poetic) Having a pleasant fragrance; aromatic.
  • * 1916 , (as Emanuel Morgan), " Opus 45", Spectra , Mitchel Kennerley (1916):
    • All the fragrances of dew, O angel, are there,
    The myrrhic rapture of young hair,
  • * 1980 , , 2011, unnumbered page:
    • Above us the avern brooded like a gonfalon; from it there drifted a myrrhic perfume.
  • * 2006 , John Mole, It's All Greek to Me!: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina - and Real Geeks , page 316:
    • It reverberates with layer on layer of flavour and aroma, from springtime zephyr at the top of the register to a myrrhic basso profundo .
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    • Related terms

    * myrrh * myrrhic acid

    See also

    * myrrhine