chemical reaction vs chain reaction

chain reaction vs chemical reaction

chemical reaction and chain reaction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chemical reaction	Yes	No	No	No
chain reaction	Yes	No	No	No

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

chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
chain reaction: a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next

Other hyponyms of chemical reaction include addition reaction, aldol reaction, chemical equilibrium, equilibrium, breakdown, chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition, decomposition reaction, displacement, displacement reaction, double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis, elimination reaction, endothermic reaction, exothermic reaction, hydrolysis, neutralisation, neutralisation reaction, neutralization, neutralization reaction, oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization, oxidation-reduction, oxidoreduction, redox, photochemical reaction, reducing, reduction, saponification.

chemical reaction (noun)	chain reaction (noun)
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others	a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next
	a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others

Difference between chemical reaction and chain reaction

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