Question

Difference between methanol and chenthol

Answer 1

The difference is that methanol is highly poisonous. Drinking only small amount of methanol can lead to blindness, or death (10–100 ml). Both methanol and ethanol have a pleasant odor. Ethanol is poisonous also, but only when consumed in large quantities.

Methanol is poisonous, and it is one of the chemicals that can be used to poison denatured alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol is a slightly bigger molecule than ethanol (Methanol is CH4O, Ethanol is C2H6O and Isopropyl alcohol is C3H8O) and is often cheaper to make.

Answer 2

methanol has one carbon atom
ethanol has 2 carbon atoms

methanol is very dangerous and harmful to death if drank
ethanol is used in alcohol