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Antivirus vs Antibiotic - What's the difference?

antivirus | antibiotic |

As nouns the difference between antivirus and antibiotic

is that antivirus is (computing) a piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses while antibiotic is antibiotic.

As an adjective antibiotic is

antibiotic.

antivirus

English

(wikipedia antivirus)

Noun

(es)
  • (computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.

    • See also

    * antiviral

    antibiotic

    English

    (wikipedia antibiotic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms.

    • Derived terms

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    Hyponyms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics.
  • (obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.

    • See also

    * antibacterial * antiseptic