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Monomer vs Peptide - What's the difference?

monomer | peptide |

As nouns the difference between monomer and peptide

is that monomer is a relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer while peptide is a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.

monomer

English

(wikipedia monomer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer.

    • See also

    * dimer * trimer * oligomer ----

    peptide

    English

    (wikipedia peptide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
  • (biochemistry) The peptide bond itself.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * dipeptide * lipopeptide * mucopeptide * neuropeptide * octapeptide * pentapeptide * peptide chain * polypeptide * tripeptide ----