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propanone vs ketone

ketone vs propanone

propanone and ketone both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
propanone Yes No No No
ketone Yes No No No
As nouns, ketone is a hypernym of propanone; that is, ketone is a word with a broader meaning than propanone:
  • propanone: the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
  • ketone: any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals
Other hypernyms of propanone include dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent.
propanone (noun) ketone (noun)
the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals
Difference between propanone and ketone

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