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Retent vs Retene - What's the difference?

retent | retene |

As nouns the difference between retent and retene

is that retent is that which is retained while retene is (organic compound) a hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.

retent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which is retained.
  • * Laurens Perseus Hickok, Empirical Psychology: Or, The Science of Mind from Experience
    • The retent , when known, stands before us as if reflected and inverted in a mirror, the nearest events in the past being this way the nearest as actually remembered.
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    retene

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.
    • (Webster 1913)