different between insecticide vs parathion

insecticide

English

Etymology

From French insecticide, as insect +? -icide.

Noun

insecticide (countable and uncountable, plural insecticides)

  1. A substance used to kill insects.
    • 2009, Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis ?ISBN
      The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa L; family: Annonaceae) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.

Related terms

  • insect
  • insecticidal

Translations

Anagrams

  • scienticide

French

Etymology

insecte +? -cide

Pronunciation

Noun

insecticide m (plural insecticides)

  1. insecticide

References

“insecticide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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parathion

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pæ????a??n/

Noun

parathion (countable and uncountable, plural parathions)

  1. An organophosphorus insecticide acaricide, [O,O-diethyl-O-4-nitro-phenylthiophosphate], a powerful, dangerously toxic insecticide.

Anagrams

  • Phanariot

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