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Triglyceride vs Trisaccharide - What's the difference?

triglyceride | trisaccharide |

As nouns the difference between triglyceride and trisaccharide

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 trisaccharide is an oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together.

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

    trisaccharide

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia trisaccharide) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together

    • Hyponyms

    * nigerotriose * maltotriose * melezitose * maltotriulose * raffinose * kestose

    Coordinate terms

    * monosaccharide * disaccharide * tetrasaccharide * oligosaccharide * polysaccharide