Radioactive vs Radionuclide - What's the difference?

radioactive | radionuclide |


As a adjective radioactive

is exhibiting radioactivity.

As a noun radionuclide is

(physics) a radioactive nuclide.

radioactive

English

(wikipedia radioactive)

Adjective

(-)
  • Exhibiting radioactivity.

    • Derived terms

    * nonradioactive * radioactively

    radionuclide

    English

    (wikipedia radionuclide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) a radioactive nuclide

    • Synonyms

    * radioisotope