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Nucleotide vs Awesome – What’s the difference?

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Nucleotide vs Awesome - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between nucleotide and awesome is that nucleotide is while awesome is the quality, state, or essence of being or cool; awesomeness. As an adjective awesome is causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

nucleotide

English

(wikipedia nucleotide )

Noun

(en noun )

  • (biochemistry) the monomer comprising DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

    • Derived terms

    * cyclic nucleotide
    * deoxynucleotide
    * deoxyribonucleotide
    * dideoxynucleotide
    * dinucleotide
    * internucleotide
    * mononucleotide
    * nucleotidyltransferase
    * oligodeoxynucleotide
    * oligonucleotide
    * polynucleotidase
    * polynucleotide
    * radionucleotide
    * ribonucleotide
    * tetranucleotide
    * trinucleotide
    * trinucleotide repeat disorder

    Meronyms

    * nucleobase

    Holonyms

    * codon
    * DNA
    * RNA

    See also

    * nucleoside
    * nucleobase
    * DNA
    * RNA

    awesome

    English

    (wikipedia awesome )

    Adjective

    (en adjective )

  • Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
    • The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight .
    The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.
  • (colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
    • That was awesome !
    Awesome, dude!

    Usage notes

    The oldest meaning of “awesome” is “something which inspires awe”, but the word is also a common slang expression in English, originally from America. As the original meaning of awesome” has become somewhat antiquated in general use, the term ”awe-inspiring is now generally used for the same meaning.

    Synonyms

    * (causing awe or terror) see
    * (excellent) excellent, super, phenomenal, fantastic, terrific; wicked, bang-up, cool, sweet (slang or informal); chur, cher (New Zealand)

    Derived terms

    * awesomely
    * awesomeness
    * awesomest

    Related terms

    * awe-inspiring
    * awful

    Noun

    (–)

  • The quality, state, or essence of being or cool; awesomeness.
  • * 2011 , Gwen Hayes, Let Me Call You Sweetheart , Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (2011), ISBN 9781609284619, page 6:
    • Plus, her patent leather boots were made of awesome . They made her legs look longer and leaner.
  • * 2011 , Kevin Seccia, Punching Tom Hanks: Dropkicking Gorillas and Pummeling Zombified Ex-Presidents—A Guide to Beating Up Anything , St. Martin’s Press (2011), ISBN 9780312643744, page 189:
    • Swayze, of course, is the being of pure awesome who has by now conquered all of Heaven.
  • * 2013 , Carrie Jones, Captivate , Bloomsbury (2010), ISBN 9781599903422, page 150:
    • “Your grandmother,” he mumbles into my hair as we cuddle on the couch, “is made of awesome .”
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    • Synonyms

    * awesome sauce (Internet slang)

    Antonyms

    * fail (slang), weaksauce (slang)

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