Difference between Naphthalene and Camphor
What is the difference between Naphthalene and Camphor?
Naphthalene as a noun is a white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs. while Camphor as a noun is a white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
Naphthalene
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C10H8; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.
Camphor
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
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