different between circulene vs circuline

English

circle +? -ene (“benzene”) A circle of benzene rings

circulene (plural circulenes)

(organic chemistry) Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a closed ring of fused benzene rings

corannulene / [5]circulene (a circle of 5 fused benzenes with a central pentagon backbone)
coronene / [6]circulene (a circle of 6 fused benzenes with a central hexagon backbone)
[7]circulene (a circle of 7 fused benzenes with a central heptagon backbone)
kekulene / [12]circulene (a circle of 12 fused benzenes)

circle +? -ine

circuline (not comparable)

(obsolete) Proceeding in a circle; circular.
- 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul
  with motion circuline

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