different between hydroquinone vs benzenediol

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hydro- +? quinone

hydroquinone (countable and uncountable, plural hydroquinones)

(organic chemistry) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.

benzene +? diol

benzenediol (plural benzenediols)

(organic chemistry) Any of the isomeric diphenols derived from benzene (namely catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone), or their derivatives.

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