different between amide vs nitrosamide

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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)

nitrosamide (plural nitrosamides)

(obsolete, chemistry) any N-nitroso amide
(chemistry) the unstable compound H₂N-NO and any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives; the nitrosamines

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