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disaccharidase vs saccharase

saccharase vs disaccharidase

disaccharidase and saccharase both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disaccharidase Yes No No No
saccharase Yes No No No
As nouns, saccharase is a hyponym of disaccharidase; that is, saccharase is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disaccharidase:
  • disaccharidase: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides
  • saccharase: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
Other hyponyms of disaccharidase include invertase, sucrase, Lactaid, lactase.
disaccharidase (noun) saccharase (noun)
an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
Difference between disaccharidase and saccharase

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