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acid vs homogentisic acid

homogentisic acid vs acid

acid and homogentisic acid both are nouns.

acid is an adjective but homogentisic acid is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
acid Yes Yes No No
homogentisic acid Yes No No No
As nouns, homogentisic acid is a hyponym of acid; that is, homogentisic acid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acid:
  • acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
  • homogentisic acid: an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
Other hyponyms of acid include alcapton, alkapton, arsenic acid, cerotic acid, hexacosanoic acid, chloric acid, chlorous acid, monobasic acid, dibasic acid, tribasic acid, tetrabasic acid, fulminic acid, gamma acid, hydriodic acid, hydrocyanic acid, prussic acid, hydroxy acid, hyponitrous acid, lysergic acid, manganic acid, 2-methylpropenoic acid, methacrylic acid, selenic acid, sulfonic acid, sulphonic acid, titanic acid, perchloric acid, carboxylic acid, aminobenzoic acid, aqua fortis, nitric acid, nitrous acid, aqua regia, nitrohydrochloric acid, barbituric acid, malonylurea, lansoprazole, Prevacid, boracic acid, boric acid, boric acid, orthoboric acid, bromic acid, carbamic acid, carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenol, phenylic acid, carbonic acid, chromic acid, citric acid, cyanamid, cyanamide, cyanic acid, cyanuric acid, ferricyanic acid, ferrocyanic acid, fluoroboric acid, fluosilicic acid, hydrofluosilicic acid, formic acid, fumaric acid, gallic acid, glyceric acid, glycolic acid, glycollic acid, hydroxyacetic acid, hydrobromic acid, chlorohydric acid, hydrochloric acid, muriatic acid, hydrogen chloride, hydrofluoric acid, hydroiodic acid, hypochlorous acid, iodic acid, isocyanic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, oxalacetic acid, oxaloacetic acid, ethanedioic acid, oxalic acid, oxyacid, oxygen acid, pantothen, pantothenic acid, PABA, para aminobenzoic acid, pectic acid, permanganic acid, phthalic acid, picric acid, pyruvic acid, dichromic acid, silicic acid, sulfanilic acid, sulphanilic acid, thiocyanic acid, toluic acid, triphosphoric acid, undecylenic acid, uric acid, oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid, vitriol, xanthic acid.
acid (noun) homogentisic acid (noun)
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
acid (adjective) homogentisic acid (adjective)
having the characteristics of an acid
being sour to the taste
harsh or corrosive in tone
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