Hydrophobic vs. Lipophilic

Hydrophobicadjective

Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).

Hydrophobicadjective

Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb, or be wetted by water.

Hydrophobicadjective

Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.

Hydrophobicadjective

lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water

Hydrophobicadjective

abnormally afraid of water

Lipophilicadjective

Having the quality of dissolving in lipids

Lipophilicadjective

Typically have the quality of being composed of mostly nonpolar bonds

Lipophilic

having an affinity for lipids; - of chemical substances or parts of molecules. Contrasted to lipophobic or polar.

Lipophilicadjective

having an affinity for lipids