Difference between Camphor and Mothball

What is the difference between Camphor and Mothball?

Camphor as a noun is a white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy. while Mothball as a noun is a small ball of chemical pesticide and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage; mothballs have either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene as their active ingredient.

Camphor

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.

Mothball

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to store or shelve (something that is no longer used)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a small ball of chemical pesticide and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage; mothballs have either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene as their active ingredient.

We hope you now know whether to use Camphor or Mothball in your sentence.

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