different between inhibitor vs inhibit

English

Etymology

inhibit +? -or

Noun

inhibitor (plural inhibitors)

1. One who or that which inhibits.

   I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.

2. (chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
3. (biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process

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See also

• catalyst

Czech

Noun

inhibitor m

1. inhibitor

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.x?i?b?i.t?r/

Noun

inhibitor m inan

1. (chemistry) inhibitor

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) inhibitorowy

Further reading

• inhibitor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French inhibiteur

Noun

inhibitor m (plural inhibitori)

1. inhibitor

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibe? (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habe? (“I have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?h?b?t/
• Rhymes: -?b?t

Verb

inhibit (third-person singular simple present inhibits, present participle inhibiting, simple past and past participle inhibited)

1. (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder

2. (Philippines) To recuse.

Derived terms

• disinhibit

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Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibe? (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habe? (“I have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.i?bit/
• Rhymes: -it

Verb

inhibit m (feminine inhibida, masculine plural inhibits, feminine plural inhibides)

1. past participle of inhibir