different between saccharine vs saccharide

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sæk??a?n/, /-??n/, /-?i?n/, /?sæk??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæk???n/, /-??n/, /?sæk??n/
• Homophone: saccharin
• Hyphenation: sac?cha?rine

Etymology 1

From New Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Saccharum is derived from saccharon (“syrupy liquid from bamboo or reeds”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (sákkharon), from Pali sakkhar? (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit ?????? (?árkar?, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?orkeh? (“boulder; gravel”).

Adjective

saccharine (comparative more saccharine, superlative most saccharine)

1. (dated) Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

   Synonym: (archaic, rare) saccharous

2. (dated) Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.

   Synonyms: cloying, sickly, sickly sweet

3. (figuratively, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

   Synonyms: cloying, precious, saccharined, sickly, twee

   Antonym: nonsaccharine

4. (chiefly botany, geology) Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.

Derived terms

• nonsaccharine
• saccharined (adjective)
• saccharinely
• saccharinity

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:sweet

Noun

saccharine (uncountable)

1. (dated) Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.
2. (figuratively) Sentimentalism.

Translations

Etymology 2

From saccharin +? -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

Adjective

saccharine (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).

Derived terms

• saccharinic

Translations

Etymology 3

A variant of saccharin.

Noun

saccharine (plural saccharines)

1. Alternative spelling of saccharin

References

French

Alternative forms

• saccarine (1990 reformed spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka.?in/

Noun

saccharine f (plural saccharines)

1. saccharin

Further reading

• “saccharine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

sacchar?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of sacchar?nus

English

Etymology

From saccharo- +? -ide.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sæk.??.a?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sæk.?.?a?d/

Noun

saccharide (plural saccharides)

1. (biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula C_nH_2nO_n. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:carbohydrate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka.?id/

Noun

saccharide m (plural saccharides)

1. (chemistry) Alternative form of saccaride

Further reading

• “saccharide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).