Nylon vs Ethylene - What's the difference?
nylon | ethylene |
Originally, the (DuPont) company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
(plurale tantum) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
(organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.
(organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.
As a noun ethylene is
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(wikipedia nylon)- They left the strip club when they discovered the ladies only stripped down to their nylons .
