Preservative vs Inhibitor - What's the difference?
preservative | inhibitor |
(countable) any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food
tending to preserve
(chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
(biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process
As nouns the difference between preservative and inhibitor
is that preservative is (countable) any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food while inhibitor is any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.As an adjective preservative
is tending to preserve.preservative
English
Noun
(en noun)- Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.
Adjective
(head)- The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.