iodide vs. iodine

iodide vs. iodine: What's the difference?

The term iodide can refer to any chemical compound that includes the element iodine. The word iodide can also be used in a more specific way to refer to a salt of hydriodic acid (hydrogen plus iodine) composed of two elements, one of which is iodine. Sodium iodide is one example of such a salt.

iodide

[ahy-uh-dahyd, -did] / ˈaɪ əˌdaɪd, -dɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

a salt of hydriodic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is iodine, as sodium iodide, NaI.
a compound containing iodine, as methyl iodide.

iodine

[ahy-uh-dahyn, -din, ahy-uh-deen] / ˈaɪ əˌdaɪn, -dɪn, ˈaɪ əˌdin /

Sometimes iodin

noun

Chemistry.

a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. I; 126.904; 53; (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.