different between amide vs chloramide

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From ammonia +? -ide

amide (plural amides)

(organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
(inorganic chemistry) Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH^- or R₂N^-)

amide m (plural amides)

chlor- +? amide

chloramide (countable and uncountable, plural chloramides)

(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The compound NHCl₂; part of the chloramine class.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any amide in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced with chlorine

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