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Oxon vs Oxo - What's the difference?

oxon | oxo |

As nouns the difference between oxon and oxo

is that oxon is any organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative while oxo is a substituent oxygen atom connected to another atom by a double bond.

As a proper noun Oxon

is postal abbreviation for Oxfordshire.

oxon

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Postal abbreviation for Oxfordshire

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (after a qualification) , used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
    • The Crown Proceedings Act, 1947. By J. R. Bickford Smith, b.a. (Oxon ), of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law

    See also

    * Cantab

    oxo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry, in combination) A substituent oxygen atom connected to another atom by a double bond
  • the game noughts and crosses

    • Anagrams

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