Irritant vs Irritative - What's the difference?
irritant | irritative |
Causing irritation or inflammation.
(legal, Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
* Hayward
serving to excite or irritate
accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation
As adjectives the difference between irritant and irritative
is that irritant is causing irritation or inflammation while irritative is serving to excite or irritate.As a noun irritant
is any medication designed to cause irritation.irritant
English
Adjective
(-)- 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.
irritative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an irritative fever