chemical reaction vs oxidation-reduction

oxidation-reduction vs chemical reaction

chemical reaction and oxidation-reduction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chemical reaction	Yes	No	No	No
oxidation-reduction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, oxidation-reduction is a hyponym of chemical reaction; that is, oxidation-reduction 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
oxidation-reduction: a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction

Other hyponyms of chemical reaction include addition reaction, aldol reaction, chain 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, oxidoreduction, redox, photochemical reaction, reducing, reduction, saponification.

chemical reaction (noun)	oxidation-reduction (noun)
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others	a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction

Difference between chemical reaction and oxidation-reduction

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