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allotrope vs chemical element

chemical element vs allotrope

allotrope and chemical element both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
allotrope Yes No No No
chemical element Yes No No No
As nouns, chemical element is a hypernym of allotrope; that is, chemical element is a word with a broader meaning than allotrope:
  • allotrope: a structurally different form of an element
  • chemical element: any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
Other hypernyms of allotrope include element.
allotrope (noun) chemical element (noun)
a structurally different form of an element any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
Difference between allotrope and chemical element

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