Difference between Acrylate and Acrylic

What is the difference between Acrylate and Acrylic?

Acrylate as a noun is any salt or ester of acrylic acid. while Acrylic as a noun is an acrylic resin.

Acrylate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any salt or ester of acrylic acid.

Acrylic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.Containing an acrylic resin.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An acrylic resin.A paint containing an acrylic resin.a painting executed using such a paint.A thick sheet of plastic.A liquid coating system based on an acrylic resin

We hope you now know whether to use Acrylate or Acrylic in your sentence.

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