Deoxyribose is a five-carbon sugar, and deoxyribose is a component of deoxynucleotide.
Deoxynucleotide consists of one molecule of deoxyribose, one molecule of nitrogenous bases and one molecule of phosphoric acid. Deoxynucleotide is the basic unit of deoxyribonucleic acid, which is condensed from many deoxynucleotides.