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Triglyceride vs Lipoprotein - What's the difference?

triglyceride | lipoprotein |

As nouns the difference between triglyceride and lipoprotein

is that triglyceride is a lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats while lipoprotein is any of a large group of complexes of protein and lipid with many biochemical functions.

triglyceride

English

(wikipedia triglyceride)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats.

    • See also

    * diglyceride * monoglyceride

    lipoprotein

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lipoprotein) (en noun)
  • Any of a large group of complexes of protein and lipid with many biochemical functions.

    • Derived terms

    * high-density lipoprotein * low-density lipoprotein