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Oxo vs Dioxo - What's the difference?

oxo | dioxo |


In chemistry in combination terms the difference between oxo and dioxo

is that oxo is a substituent oxygen atom connected to another atom by a double bond while dioxo is two oxo substituents in a molecule.