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acetone vs ketone

ketone vs acetone

acetone and ketone both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
acetone Yes No No No
ketone Yes No No No
As nouns, ketone is a hypernym of acetone; that is, ketone is a word with a broader meaning than acetone:
  • acetone: the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
  • ketone: any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals
Other hypernyms of acetone include dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent.
acetone (noun) ketone (noun)
the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals
Difference between acetone and ketone

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