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Inhibitor vs Restrictor - What's the difference?

inhibitor | restrictor |

As nouns the difference between inhibitor and restrictor

is that inhibitor is any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction while restrictor is anything that restricts.

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 ----

    restrictor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that restricts

    • Derived terms

    *restrictor plate