Question

what is the difference between oxide and dioxide​

Answer 1

All of these terms are referred to the oxygen molecule reacting with any element.

 We know that the atom of oxygen is divalent i.e it's valency is -2 as it's electronegative.
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Oxide - Oxygen when reacting with any electropositive divalent atom so that the charge becomes equal in the bonding.

Monoxide - Oxygen when reacting with any neutropositive tetravalent atom.

Dioxide - When two divalent atoms of oxygen react with a tetravalent .

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

As nouns the difference between dioxide and oxide. is that dioxide is (chemistry) any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule while oxide is (chemistry) a binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.