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oxide vs silicon dioxide

silicon dioxide vs oxide

oxide and silicon dioxide both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
oxide Yes No No No
silicon dioxide Yes No No No
As nouns, silicon dioxide is a hyponym of oxide; that is, silicon dioxide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than oxide:
  • oxide: any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
  • silicon dioxide: a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
oxide (noun) silicon dioxide (noun)
any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
Difference between oxide and silicon dioxide

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