Answer :
Soap is potassium or sodium salts of a carboxylic acid attached to a long aliphatic chain. Detergent is the potassium or sodium salts of a long alkyl chain ending with a sulfonate group.
Soap is potassium or sodium salts of a carboxylic acid attached to a long aliphatic chain. Detergent is the potassium or sodium salts of a long alkyl chain ending with a sulfonate group.