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Vitrite vs Nitrite - What's the difference?

vitrite | nitrite |

As nouns the difference between vitrite and nitrite

is that vitrite is a kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus while nitrite is .

vitrite

English

Noun

  • A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus.
    • (Webster 1913)

    nitrite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester of nitrous acid
  • (chemistry) the univalent radical -NO2, and the anion NO2-

    • Derived terms

    * alkyl nitrite * amyl nitrite * butyl nitrite * cyclohexyl nitrite * ethyl nitrite * isopropyl nitrite * nitritoid * sodium nitrite * sulfonitrite, sulphonitrite