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amylum vs polyose

polyose vs amylum

amylum and polyose both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
amylum Yes No No No
polyose Yes No No No
As nouns, polyose is a hypernym of amylum; that is, polyose is a word with a broader meaning than amylum:
  • amylum: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
  • polyose: any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
Other hypernyms of amylum include polysaccharide.
amylum (noun) polyose (noun)
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
Difference between amylum and polyose

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