As nouns the difference between sunscreen and octocrylene
is that sunscreen is a form of sunblock, often having a lower sun protection factor while octocrylene is an ester formed by the condensation of a diphenylcyanoacrylate with 2-ethylhexanol, used in sunscreens and cosmetics.
sunscreen
Noun
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en noun)
a form of sunblock, often having a lower sun protection factor
octocrylene
English
Noun
(
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(
wikipedia octocrylene)
(organic compound) An ester formed by the condensation of a diphenylcyanoacrylate with 2-ethylhexanol, used in sunscreens and cosmetics.