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Sanitary vs Environmental - What's the difference?

sanitary | environmental |

As adjectives the difference between sanitary and environmental

is that sanitary is of, or relating to health while environmental is pertaining to one's environment.

sanitary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to health
  • clean and free from pathogens; hygienic
  • Derived terms

    * sanitary district * sanitary engineer * sanitary engineering * sanitary landfill * sanitary napkin * sanitary science * sanitary sewer * sanitary towel

    environmental

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to one's environment.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.}}

    Derived terms

    * environmentally