oligosaccharide vs sugar

sugar vs oligosaccharide

oligosaccharide and sugar both are nouns.

oligosaccharide is not a verb while sugar is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
oligosaccharide	Yes	No	No	No
sugar	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sugar is a hypernym of oligosaccharide; that is, sugar is a word with a broader meaning than oligosaccharide:

oligosaccharide: any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
sugar: an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

Other hypernyms of oligosaccharide include carbohydrate, saccharide.

oligosaccharide (noun)	sugar (noun)
any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis	a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
	informal terms for money
	an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

oligosaccharide (verb)	sugar (verb)
	sweeten with sugar

Difference between oligosaccharide and sugar

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