Does aromatic compounds have the same meaning as arenes?
Arenes are aromatic ‘enes’. Benzene, toluene, etc are arenes. Aromatic compounds will have some arene unit and can have some other functions group or groups as well. Aniline, benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, chlorobenzene, phenol, etc are aromatic compounds. All these have a aromatic unit derived from benzene.