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monosaccharide vs ketose

ketose vs monosaccharide

monosaccharide and ketose both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
monosaccharide Yes No No No
ketose Yes No No No
As nouns, ketose is a hyponym of monosaccharide; that is, ketose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than monosaccharide:
  • monosaccharide: a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
  • ketose: any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal
Other hyponyms of monosaccharide include triose, tetrose, pentose, hexose, aldose, heptose.
monosaccharide (noun) ketose (noun)
a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal
Difference between monosaccharide and ketose

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