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chemical element vs trace element

trace element vs chemical element

chemical element and trace element both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chemical element Yes No No No
trace element Yes No No No
As nouns, trace element is a hyponym of chemical element; that is, trace element is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chemical 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
  • trace element: an element that occurs at very small quantities in the body but is nonetheless important for many biological processes
Other hyponyms of chemical element include allotrope, transuranic element, argonon, inert gas, noble gas, metal, metallic element, nonmetal, transactinide, Ac, actinium, atomic number 89, arsenic, As, atomic number 33, astatine, At, atomic number 85, atomic number 107, Bh, bohrium, element 107, atomic number 5, B, boron, atomic number 35, Br, bromine, atomic number 17, chlorine, Cl, atomic number 110, darmstadtium, Ds, element 110, atomic number 105, Db, dubnium, element 105, hahnium, atomic number 9, F, fluorine, atomic number 108, element 108, hassium, Hs, atomic number 1, H, hydrogen, atomic number 53, I, iodin, iodine, atomic number 103, lawrencium, Lr, atomic number 109, element 109, meitnerium, Mt, atomic number 101, Md, mendelevium, Mv, atomic number 7, N, nitrogen, atomic number 102, No, nobelium, atomic number 8, O, oxygen, atomic number 15, P, phosphorus, atomic number 94, plutonium, Pu, atomic number 111, element 111, Rg, roentgenium, atomic number 104, element 104, Rf, rutherfordium, unnilquadium, Unq, atomic number 106, element 106, seaborgium, Sg, atomic number 34, Se, selenium, atomic number 16, S, sulfur, sulphur, atomic number 52, Te, tellurium, atomic number 112, element 112, ununbium, Uub, atomic number 116, element 116, ununhexium, Uuh, atomic number 115, element 115, ununpentium, Uup, atomic number 114, element 114, ununquadium, Uuq, atomic number 113, element 113, ununtrium, Uut, carbon group element, crystallogen, Group 14 element, tetragen, tetrel, macroelement, major mineral.
chemical element (noun) trace element (noun)
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 an element that occurs at very small quantities in the body but is nonetheless important for many biological processes
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