different between react vs nitrogenate

English

Alternative forms

• reäct (rare)

Etymology

From re- +? act.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??ækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

react (third-person singular simple present reacts, present participle reacting, simple past and past participle reacted)

1. (transitive, now rare) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:

     It is somewhat extraordinary, that the offence for which James II, was expelled, that of setting up power by assumption, should be re-acted, under another shape and form, by the parliament that expelled him.

2. (physics) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force

3. (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
4. (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
5. (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).

Derived terms

• reactive
• reactor

Related terms

• interreact, interreaction

Translations

Noun

react (plural reacts)

1. (Internet) An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.

Anagrams

• Carte, Trace, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, recta, trace

English

Etymology

nitrogen +? -ate

Verb

nitrogenate (third-person singular simple present nitrogenates, present participle nitrogenating, simple past and past participle nitrogenated)

1. (transitive) to treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen
2. (transitive, chemistry) to react something with nitrogen

See also

• nitrogenize, azotize