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Nutrient vs Nitric - What's the difference?

nutrient | nitric |

As adjectives the difference between nutrient and nitric

is that nutrient is providing nourishment while nitric is of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

As a noun nutrient

is a source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

nutrient

English

(wikipedia nutrient)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
  • * 2012 , , August 24, p.20
    • Even second-generation and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.

    Synonyms

    * nutriment

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • providing nourishment

    • Related terms

    * nourish * nourishment * nurse * nursery * nutriment * nutrition * nutritional * nutritious * nutritive

    External links

    * * ----

    nitric

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

    • Derived terms

    * hydronitric acid * nitric acid * nitric ether * nitric oxide * sulfonitric acid, sulphonitric acid