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vesicant vs dichloroethyl sulfide

dichloroethyl sulfide vs vesicant

vesicant and dichloroethyl sulfide both are nouns.

vesicant is an adjective but dichloroethyl sulfide is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vesicant Yes Yes No No
dichloroethyl sulfide Yes No No No
As nouns, dichloroethyl sulfide is a hyponym of vesicant; that is, dichloroethyl sulfide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vesicant:
  • vesicant: a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
  • dichloroethyl sulfide: a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
Other hyponyms of vesicant include blistering agent, mustard agent, mustard gas, sulfur mustard.
vesicant (noun) dichloroethyl sulfide (noun)
a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
vesicant (adjective) dichloroethyl sulfide (adjective)
causing blisters
Difference between vesicant and dichloroethyl sulfide

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