atomic weight vs equivalent weight

atomic weight and equivalent weight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
atomic weight	Yes	No	No	No
equivalent weight	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, equivalent weight is a hyponym of atomic weight; that is, equivalent weight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than atomic weight:

atomic weight: (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
equivalent weight: the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

Other hyponyms of atomic weight include combining weight, eq, equivalent, meq, milliequivalent.

atomic weight (noun)	equivalent weight (noun)
(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units	the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

atomic weight vs equivalent weight

atomic weight and equivalent weight both are nouns.

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