different between combust vs cacodyl

English

Etymology

From Middle English combust (“burnt”), from Old French combust, from Latin comb?stus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

combust (third-person singular simple present combusts, present participle combusting, simple past and past participle combusted)

1. To burn; to catch fire.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.

Hyponyms

• deflagrate
• detonate

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

combust (comparative more combust, superlative most combust)

1. (obsolete) Burnt.
2. (astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
   • , I.iii.1.3:

     Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust, otherwise illiterate.

Noun

combust

1. (obsolete) That which undergoes burning.

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ??????? (kak?d?s, “evil-smelling”)

Noun

cacodyl (countable and uncountable, plural cacodyls)

1. (chemistry) The dimethylarsine radical (CH₃)₂As-
2. (chemistry) tetramethyldiarsine formally derived from two of these radicals; an evil-smelling liquid that spontaneously combusts in air

Derived terms

• cacodyl oxide
• cacodylate
• cacodylic

Related terms

• cacodylic acid