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Pesticide vs Repellent - What's the difference?

pesticide | repellent |

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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:
  • Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times,
  • * 2013 , Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening (ISBN 1615643338):
  • Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.
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  • repellent

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tending or able to repel; driving back
  • repulsive, inspiring aversion
  • * '>citation
  • resistant or impervious to something
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who repels
  • a substance used to repel insects
  • a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something