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Inhibitor vs Inhibitive - What's the difference?

inhibitor | inhibitive |

As a noun inhibitor

is inhibitor (all senses).

As an adjective inhibitive is

that inhibits.

inhibitor

English

(wikipedia inhibitor)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
  • (biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process

    • Derived terms

    * inhibitory

    See also

    * catalyst ----

    inhibitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that inhibits

    • Synonyms

    * inhibitory

    Antonyms

    * noninhibitive