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Additive vs Excipient - What's the difference?

additive | excipient |

As adjectives the difference between additive and excipient

is that additive is pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added while excipient is taking an exception.

As nouns the difference between additive and excipient

is that additive is a substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties while excipient is an ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.

additive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
  • over addition.
  • Matrix multiplication is additive in that M\vec v+M\vec w=M(\vec v+\vec w).
  • (algebra) Having addition as an operator.
  • It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.
  • (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
  • (genetics) Describing genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
  • Antonyms

    * subtractive

    Derived terms

    * additive function * additive inverse * additive identity * additive group * additive color

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties.
  • Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.
  • (grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also'', ''even'', or ''nor .
  • excipient

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia excipient) (en noun)
  • (pharmacy) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.
  • An exceptor.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Taking an exception.
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