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Fertilizer vs Insecticide - What's the difference?

fertilizer | insecticide |

As nouns the difference between fertilizer and insecticide

is that fertilizer is a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants while insecticide is a substance used to kill insects.

fertilizer

English

(wikipedia fertilizer)

Alternative forms

* (British ) fertiliser

Noun

  • A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.
  • A chemical compound created to have the same effect.

    • Derived terms

    * over-fertilization

    Related terms

    * fertilize

    See also

    * dung * manure

    insecticide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance used to kill insects.
  • * 2009 , Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis (ISBN 1420082477)
    • The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa'' L; family: ''Annonaceae ) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.

    Related terms

    * insect * insecticidal

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