octacosanol

As nouns the difference between terms and octacosanol

is that terms is while octacosanol is (organic compound) any aliphatic alcohol derived from octacosane, but especially 1-octacosanol that is found in plant waxes.

As nouns the difference between wax and octacosanol

is that wax is beeswax or wax can be (rare) the process of growing or wax can be (dated|colloquial) an outburst of anger while octacosanol is (organic compound) any aliphatic alcohol derived from octacosane, but especially 1-octacosanol that is found in plant waxes.

As an adjective wax

is made of wax.

As a verb wax

is to apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny or wax can be to increasingly assume the specified characteristic, become.

In organic compound terms the difference between octacosane and octacosanol

is that octacosane is any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having 28 carbon atoms, but especially n-octacosane CH₃(CH₂)₂₆CH₃octacosanol is any aliphatic alcohol derived from octacosane, but especially 1-octacosanol that is found in plant waxes.

As nouns the difference between alcohol and octacosanol

is that alcohol is while octacosanol is (organic compound) any aliphatic alcohol derived from octacosane, but especially 1-octacosanol that is found in plant waxes.

As nouns the difference between aliphatic and octacosanol

is that aliphatic is a compound of this type while octacosanol is any aliphatic alcohol derived from octacosane, but especially 1-octacosanol that is found in plant waxes.

As an adjective aliphatic

is of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.