sugar vs oligosaccharide

oligosaccharide vs sugar

sugar and oligosaccharide both are nouns.

sugar is a verb but oligosaccharide is not a verb.

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

As nouns, oligosaccharide is a hyponym of sugar; that is, oligosaccharide 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
oligosaccharide: any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

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

sugar (noun)	oligosaccharide (noun)
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative	any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
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)	oligosaccharide (verb)
sweeten with sugar

Difference between sugar and oligosaccharide

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