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triglyceride vs glyceride

glyceride vs triglyceride

triglyceride and glyceride both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
triglyceride Yes No No No
glyceride Yes No No No
As nouns, glyceride is a hypernym of triglyceride; that is, glyceride is a word with a broader meaning than triglyceride:
  • triglyceride: glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body
  • glyceride: an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
Other hypernyms of triglyceride include acylglycerol, lipid, lipide, lipoid.
triglyceride (noun) glyceride (noun)
glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
Difference between triglyceride and glyceride

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