organic compound vs phenol

phenol vs organic compound

organic compound and phenol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
organic compound	Yes	No	No	No
phenol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, phenol is a hyponym of organic compound; that is, phenol is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than organic compound:

organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
phenol: any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups

Other hyponyms of organic compound include aldehyde, aliphatic compound, alkylbenzene, alkyl halide, haloalkane, amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid, diamine, enol, halon, peptone, quaternary ammonium compound, proenzyme, zymogen, propylthiouracil, ether, acetal, aldehyde-alcohol, aldol, alkaloid, amide, rennet, azadirachtin, thiazine, cacodyl, tetramethyldiarsine, neurochemical, acid anhydrides, acyl anhydrides, acid halide, acyl halide, coal-tar creosote, creosote, creosote, cyanide, nitril, nitrile, cyanohydrin, ester, furan, furane, furfuran, glycoside, resin, rosin, halocarbon, hemiacetal, erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin, humic substance, hydrocarbon, ketone, macromolecule, supermolecule, nitrobenzene, oxime, petrochemical, creatine phosphate, creatine phosphoric acid, phosphocreatine, pyrimidine, quassia, steroid, nonsteroid, nonsteroidal, thiouracil, carbamide, urea, imide, xanthine, organometallic compound, hydrazide, stearate, cyclamate.

organic compound (noun)	phenol (noun)
any compound of carbon and another element or a radical	any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups
	a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally

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