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acid vs oxalic acid

oxalic acid vs acid

acid and oxalic acid both are nouns.

acid is an adjective but oxalic acid is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
acid Yes Yes No No
oxalic acid Yes No No No
As nouns, oxalic acid is a hyponym of acid; that is, oxalic 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
  • oxalic acid: a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis
Other hyponyms of acid include alcapton, alkapton, homogentisic acid, 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, 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) oxalic acid (noun)
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis
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) oxalic acid (adjective)
having the characteristics of an acid
being sour to the taste
harsh or corrosive in tone
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