sugar vs monosaccharide

monosaccharide vs sugar

sugar and monosaccharide both are nouns.

sugar is a verb but monosaccharide is not a verb.

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

As nouns, monosaccharide is a hyponym of sugar; that is, monosaccharide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sugar:

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
monosaccharide: a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates

Other hyponyms of sugar include ribose, beet sugar, cane sugar, deoxyribose, invert sugar, maple sugar, monosaccharose, simple sugar, oligosaccharide, polyose, polysaccharide, jaggary, jaggery, jagghery, wood sugar, xylose.

sugar (noun)	monosaccharide (noun)
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative	a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
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

sugar (verb)	monosaccharide (verb)
sweeten with sugar

Difference between sugar and monosaccharide

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