H2O vs water of hydration

water of hydration vs H2O

H2O and water of hydration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
H2O	Yes	No	No	No
water of hydration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, water of hydration is a hyponym of H2O; that is, water of hydration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than H2O:

H2O: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
water of hydration: the water present in hydrated compounds

Other hyponyms of H2O include tap water, bath water, dishwater, distilled water, holy water, ground water, spring water, well water, hard water, limewater, meltwater, brine, saltwater, seawater, fresh water, freshwater, slush, soft water, bilge, bilge water, water of crystallisation, water of crystallization, capillary water, zeolitic water, glacial milk.

H2O (noun)	water of hydration (noun)
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent	the water present in hydrated compounds

Difference between H2O and water of hydration

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