different between captan vs vaptan

English

Noun

captan (uncountable)

1. A particular phthalimide fungicide.
   • 1961, New Zealand Wheat Review (issues 8-15, page 38)

     Control can be achieved by dusting or slurry-treating the seed wheat with one of a number of fungicides that are available. Those recommended are all non-mercurials and include formulations based on captan, benquinox, and methyl arsenic sulphide.

2. ethyl mercaptan

Anagrams

• cat nap, cat-nap, catnap

Manx

Etymology

From English captain, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capit?neus, from Latin caput (“head”).

Noun

captan m (genitive singular captan, plural captanyn)

1. (military) captain, commodore
2. skipper

Derived terms

Mutation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kabtan/, [?ka??.t?ãn]

Verb

captan

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of captar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present indicative form of captar.

English

Etymology

From contraction of vasopressin receptor antagonist.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?væp.t?n/

Noun

vaptan (plural vaptans)

1. (pharmacology) Any of a group of medications that act by inhibiting the action of vasopressin on its receptors.

Derived terms

• conivaptan
• lixivaptan
• mozavaptan
• nelivaptan
• relcovaptan
• satavaptan
• tolvaptan