Pathogenic vs Germicidal - What's the difference?
pathogenic | germicidal |
Able to cause (harmful) disease.
As adjectives the difference between pathogenic and germicidal
is that pathogenic is able to cause (harmful) disease while germicidal is that kills pathogenic organisms; disinfectant.pathogenic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic .