different between herbicide vs pesticide
herbicide
English
Etymology
herb +? -cide
Pronunciation
Noun
herbicide (countable and uncountable, plural herbicides)
- A substance used to kill plants.
Related terms
- herb
- herbicidal
Translations
French
Etymology
herbe +? -cide
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /??.bi.sid/
- Homophone: herbicides
- Hyphenation: her?bi?cide
Noun
herbicide m (plural herbicides)
- herbicide
Further reading
- “herbicide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
herbicide From the web:
- what herbicide kills sand spurs
- what herbicide kills ryegrass
- what herbicides contain triclopyr
- what herbicide kills cedar trees
- what herbicides contain glyphosate
- what herbicide kills bamboo
- what herbicide kills burweed
- what herbicide kills crabgrass
pesticide
English
Etymology
pest +? -i- +? -cide.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?st?sa?d/
- (General American) enPR: p?s?t?-s?d', IPA(key): /?p?st???sa?d/
- Hyphenation: pes?ti?cide
Noun
pesticide (plural pesticides)
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pesticide.
Related terms
- pest
- pesticidal
- fungicide
- germicide
- herbicide
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- septicide
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed, probably from English pesticide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?s.ti?si.d?/
- Hyphenation: pes?ti?ci?de
- Rhymes: -id?
Noun
pesticide m or n (plural pesticides or pesticiden)
- pesticide
See also
- landbouwgif
French
Etymology
peste +? -cide
Pronunciation
Noun
pesticide m (plural pesticides)
- pesticide
Italian
Adjective
pesticide
- feminine plural of pesticida
pesticide From the web:
- what pesticide was banned in 1972
- what pesticide kills bed bugs
- what pesticides kill bees
- what pesticides are used in organic farming
- what pesticides are banned in the united states
- what pesticides are used on strawberries
- what pesticides are used on grapes
- what pesticides are allowed in organic farming
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