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nitrogen dioxide vs dioxide

dioxide vs nitrogen dioxide

nitrogen dioxide and dioxide both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nitrogen dioxide Yes No No No
dioxide Yes No No No
As nouns, dioxide is a hypernym of nitrogen dioxide; that is, dioxide is a word with a broader meaning than nitrogen dioxide:
  • nitrogen dioxide: a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)
  • dioxide: an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
Other hypernyms of nitrogen dioxide include gas.
nitrogen dioxide (noun) dioxide (noun)
a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2) an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
Difference between nitrogen dioxide and dioxide

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