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triglyceride vs lipide

lipide vs triglyceride

triglyceride and lipide both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
triglyceride Yes No No No
lipide Yes No No No
As nouns, lipide is a hypernym of triglyceride; that is, lipide 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
  • lipide: an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
Other hypernyms of triglyceride include acylglycerol, glyceride, lipid, lipoid.
triglyceride (noun) lipide (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 oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
Difference between triglyceride and lipide

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