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Vitamin vs Nonvitamin - What's the difference?

vitamin | nonvitamin |

As nouns the difference between vitamin and nonvitamin

is that vitamin is vitamin while nonvitamin is a substance that is not a vitamin.

As an adjective nonvitamin is

not a vitamin.

vitamin

English

(wikipedia vitamin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "vitamin") * vitamer * vitaminic * vitaminize * vitamin A ** vitamin A acid * vitamin B ** vitamin B complex, vitamin Bc]], , [[vitamin B17, vitamin B17 * vitamin C * vitamin D ** * vitamin E * vitamin F (obsolete) * vitamin G * vitamin H * vitamin J (obsolete) * vitamin K ** * vitamin M * vitamin P * vitamin R (slang) * vitamin V (slang)

    See also

    * vitamer

    References

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    nonvitamin

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not a vitamin.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 16, author=Dan Hurley, title=Diet Supplements and Safety: Some Disquieting Data, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In April 2004, the Food and Drug Administration said it had received 260 reports of deaths associated with herbs and other nonvitamin , nonmineral supplements since 1989. }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance that is not a vitamin.