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lampblack vs carbon

carbon vs lampblack

lampblack and carbon both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lampblack Yes No No No
carbon Yes No No No
As nouns, carbon is a hypernym of lampblack; that is, carbon is a word with a broader meaning than lampblack:
  • lampblack: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
  • carbon: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
Other hypernyms of lampblack include atomic number 6, C.
lampblack (noun) carbon (noun)
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink a copy made with carbon paper
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
Difference between lampblack and carbon

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