In chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between pinate and pinite

is that pinate is (chemistry) a salt or ester of pinic acid while pinite is (chemistry) a sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.

As nouns the difference between pinate and pinite

is that pinate is (chemistry) a salt or ester of pinic acid while pinite is any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family or pinite can be (mineralogy) a compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color it is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.