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Preservative vs Preservative - What's the difference?

preservative | preservative |

As nouns the difference between preservative and preservative

is that preservative is (countable) any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food while preservative is (countable) any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.

As adjectives the difference between preservative and preservative

is that preservative is tending to preserve while preservative is tending to preserve.

preservative

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food
    • Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • tending to preserve
    • The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.

    preservative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food
    • Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • tending to preserve
    • The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.