chemical action vs inversion

inversion vs chemical action

chemical action and inversion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chemical action	Yes	No	No	No
inversion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inversion is a hyponym of chemical action; that is, inversion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chemical action:

chemical action: (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
inversion: a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

Other hyponyms of chemical action include acylation, agglutinating activity, agglutination, amylolysis, association, blueing, bluing, calcification, catalysis, contact action, chelation, chemical reaction, reaction, chlorination, cleavage, corroding, corrosion, erosion, cracking, deamination, deaminization, decalcification, decarboxylation, de-iodination, demineralisation, demineralization, desalination, desalinisation, desalinization, digestion, dissociation, gasification, gassing, hydrogenation, intumescence, intumescency, swelling, iodination, chemical mechanism, mechanism, nitrification, peptisation, peptization, photosynthesis, polymerisation, polymerization, precipitation, proteolysis, pyrochemical process, pyrochemistry, sequestration, synaeresis, syneresis, synthesis, transamination, transamination, ferment, fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis.

chemical action (noun)	inversion (noun)
(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved	turning upside down; setting on end
	the act of turning inside out
	a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
	the reversal of the normal order of words
	(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
	(genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
	the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
	a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
	abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

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