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oligosaccharide vs trisaccharide

trisaccharide vs oligosaccharide

oligosaccharide and trisaccharide both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
oligosaccharide Yes No No No
trisaccharide Yes No No No
As nouns, trisaccharide is a hyponym of oligosaccharide; that is, trisaccharide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than oligosaccharide:
  • oligosaccharide: any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
  • trisaccharide: any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
Other hyponyms of oligosaccharide include disaccharide, tetrasaccharide.
oligosaccharide (noun) trisaccharide (noun)
any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
Difference between oligosaccharide and trisaccharide

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