Acarid vs Acaricidal - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between acarid and acaricidal

is that acarid is (biology|zoology) of or pertaining to acarids while acaricidal is deadly to acarids.

is (biology|zoology) any parasitic arachnid, such as mites and ticks, of the subclass acarina.

(wikipedia acarid)

(en noun)

(biology, zoology) Any parasitic arachnid, such as mites and ticks, of the subclass Acarina.

(en adjective)

(biology, zoology) Of or pertaining to acarids.

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(en adjective)

Deadly to acarids.