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Polymers vs Polysaccharide - What's the difference?

polymers | polysaccharide |

As nouns the difference between polymers and polysaccharide

is that polymers is plural of lang=en while polysaccharide is a polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.

polymers

English

Noun

(head)

    • polysaccharide

    English

    (wikipedia polysaccharide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
    • Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.

    Hyponyms

    * cellulose * glycogen * starch * See also

    Hypernyms

    * carbohydrate

    Related terms

    * monosaccharide * oligosaccharide