different between product vs saccharin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?ductus, perfect participle of pr?d?c?, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??d.?kt/, /?p??d.?kt/
• (General American) enPR: pr?d??kt, IPA^(key): /?p??d.?kt/, /?p??d.?kt/
• Hyphenation: prod?uct
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

product (countable and uncountable, plural products)

1. (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.

   Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods

2. (cosmetics, uncountable) Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.

3. Anything that is produced; a result.
   1. The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

      Synonyms: endwork, production, output, creation, yield

   2. A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

   3. (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

   5. (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

   6. (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
   7. Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
4. (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.

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See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

Verb

product (third-person singular simple present products, present participle producting, simple past and past participle producted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To produce.
   • 1651, The Touchstone of Common Assurances (page 498)

     The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) produkt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?ductum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro??d?kt/
• Hyphenation: pro?duct
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

product n (plural producten, diminutive productje n)

1. product

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: produk
• ? Indonesian: produk

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?sæk???n/
• Homophone: saccharine

Noun

saccharin (countable and uncountable, plural saccharins)

1. (chemistry) a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products

Synonyms

• E954 when used as a sweetener

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Anagrams

• characins