chemical reaction vs reduction

reduction vs chemical reaction

chemical reaction and reduction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, reduction is a hyponym of chemical reaction; that is, 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
reduction: any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

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, oxidation-reduction, oxidoreduction, redox, photochemical reaction, reducing, saponification.

chemical reaction (noun)	reduction (noun)
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others	the act of decreasing or reducing something
	the act of reducing complexity
	any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

Difference between chemical reaction and reduction

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