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Reagent vs Ingredient - What's the difference?

reagent | ingredient |

As nouns the difference between reagent and ingredient

is that reagent is while ingredient is ingredient.

reagent

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
  • Derived terms

    * Benedict's reagent * Brady's reagent * Edman's reagent * Ehrlich's reagent * Froehde reagent * Grignard reagent * Kovac's reagent * Liebermann reagent * Melzer's reagent * Molisch's reagent * Sanger's reagent * van Urk reagent

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) Chemical reagents ----

    ingredient

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the substances present in a mixture.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients .
  • * Arbuthnot
  • Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

    Holonyms

    * mixture