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Irritant vs Irritancy - What's the difference?

irritant | irritancy |

As nouns the difference between irritant and irritancy

is that irritant is any medication designed to cause irritation while irritancy is the quality of being irritant or irritating.

As an adjective irritant

is causing irritation or inflammation.

irritant

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Causing irritation or inflammation.
  • (legal, Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
  • * Hayward
    • The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant ; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any medication designed to cause irritation
  • A source of irritation.

    • irritancy

    English

    Noun

  • the quality of being irritant or irritating
  • the state or quality of being null and void; invalidity
    • (Burrill)
    (Webster 1913)