anhydride

In chemistry terms the difference between anhydride and anhydrate

is that anhydride is any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides while anhydrate is the anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound.

As a verb anhydrate is

to dehydrate, especially in food processing.

As nouns the difference between anhydride and dioxide

is that anhydride is while dioxide is .

In chemistry terms the difference between anhydride and anhydrous

is that anhydride is any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides while anhydrous is having no water of crystallization.

As a noun anhydride

is any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides.

As an adjective anhydrous is

having little or no water.

As nouns the difference between anhydrite and anhydride

is that anhydrite is a saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium sulfate (gypsum) while anhydride is any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides.

In chemistry terms the difference between anhydride and oxyl

is that anhydride is any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides while oxyl is a compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond.