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Fertilizer vs Pesticide - What's the difference?

fertilizer | pesticide |

As nouns the difference between fertilizer and pesticide

is that fertilizer is a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants while pesticide is anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (eg sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

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

    pesticide

    English

    (wikipedia pesticide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
  • * 2011 , Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities , page 4:
    • Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times,
  • * 2013 , Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening (ISBN 1615643338):
    • Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.
  • *

    • Related terms

    * pest * pesticidal * fungicide * germicide * herbicide