Viscose vs Synthetic - What's the difference?
viscose | synthetic |
A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
A fabric made from this material.
Of, or relating to synthesis.
(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
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(grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word. Compare analytic.
A synthetic compound.
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As nouns the difference between viscose and synthetic
is that viscose is a viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film while synthetic is a synthetic compound.As an adjective synthetic is
of, or relating to synthesis.viscose
English
(wikipedia viscose)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* cellulose xanthatesynthetic
English
Adjective
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Derived terms
* nucleosynthetic * syntheticismNoun
(en noun)citation