Difference between Benzylic and Radical

What is the difference between Benzylic and Radical?

Benzylic as an adjective is containing the benzyl (c6h5-ch2-) radical or any of its derivatives while Radical as an adjective is favouring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.

Benzylic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: containing the benzyl (C6H5-CH2-) radical or any of its derivatives

Radical

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Favouring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.Of or pertaining to a root .Of or pertaining to the intrinsic nature of something.Thoroughgoing.Of or pertaining to the root of a word.Involving free radicalsExcellent.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.A person with radical opinions.A root (of a number or quantity).In logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.A free radical.

Example sentence: Working-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.

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