Pesticide vs Repellent - What's the difference?
pesticide | repellent |
Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
* 2011 , Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities , page 4:
* 2013 , Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening (ISBN 1615643338):
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tending or able to repel; driving back
repulsive, inspiring aversion
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resistant or impervious to something
someone who repels
a substance used to repel insects
a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something
As nouns the difference between pesticide and repellent
is that pesticide is anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (eg sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests while repellent is someone who repels.As an adjective repellent is
tending or able to repel; driving back.pesticide
English
(wikipedia pesticide)Noun
(en noun)- Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times,
- Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.