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José F.
Nov 2, 2017

Completly different things

Explanation:

A carboxylic acid is any molecule with the group :

#-COH#
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#color(white)(..)O#

acetate is a specific anion:

#CH_3CO^-#
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#color(white)(.......)O#

derived by the deprotonation of acetic acid, which of course is one of the simplest a carboxylic acids:

#CH_3COH#
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#color(white)(.......)O#

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