Difference between Hydroxy and Group

What is the difference between Hydroxy and Group?

Hydroxy as an adjective is being, or containing a hydroxyl radical. while Group as a verb is to put together to form a group.

Hydroxy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical.

Group

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put together to form a group.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.A subset of a culture or of a society.An air force formation.A collection of formations or rock strata.In the Unix operating system, a number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.

Example sentence: One of the very rewarding aspects of my work has been the interaction with a superb group of colleagues and friends in the atmospheric sciences community.

We hope you now know whether to use Hydroxy or Group in your sentence.

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