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Substituent vs Orthoxylene - What's the difference?

substituent | orthoxylene |

As nouns the difference between substituent and orthoxylene

is that substituent is any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed while orthoxylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).

substituent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed
  • (grammar) pro-form

    • orthoxylene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia orthoxylene)
  • (organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).
    • (Webster 1913)