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milk sugar vs disaccharide

disaccharide vs milk sugar

milk sugar and disaccharide both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
milk sugar Yes No No No
disaccharide Yes No No No
As nouns, disaccharide is a hypernym of milk sugar; that is, disaccharide is a word with a broader meaning than milk sugar:
  • milk sugar: a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
  • disaccharide: any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
milk sugar (noun) disaccharide (noun)
a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
Difference between milk sugar and disaccharide

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