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Nucleus vs Dna - What's the difference?

nucleus | dna |

As nouns the difference between nucleus and dna

is that nucleus is the core, central part (of something), round which others are assembled while DNA is a biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acids (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.

As an initialism DNA is

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nucleus

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The core, central part (of something), round which others are assembled.
  • An initial part or version that will receive additions.
  • This collection will form the nucleus of a new library.
  • (chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
  • (cytology) A large organelle found in cells which contains genetic material.
  • (neuroanatomy) A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
  • (linguistics) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.
  • Derived terms

    * nucle- * nuclear * nuclease * nucleate, anucleate * nucleic acid * nuclein * nucleo- * nucleolar * nucleon * nucleotide * nuclide * atomic nucleus * cell nucleus * syllable nucleus, the central part of a syllable * sentence nucleus, the syllable which receives the greatest stress in a word

    dna

    English

    (wikipedia DNA)

    Initialism

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  • Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acids (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
  • (informal) That part of a person's character that has a genetic origin
  • Derived terms

    * junk DNA * mitochondrial DNA * chloroplast DNA * DNA test * dsDNA * gDNA * mtDNA * nDNA * rDNA * ssDNA * dsDNA

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