different between pesticide vs pestilence
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
pestilence
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pestilentia (“plague”), from pestilens (“infected, unwholesome, noxious”); see pestilent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?st?l?n(t)s/, /?p?st?l?n(t)s/, /?p?stl?n(t)s/
Noun
pestilence (countable and uncountable, plural pestilences)
- Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 2
- "Take it, Christian dogs? take the palaces, the gardens, the mosques, the abode of our fathers - take plague with them; pestilence is the enemy we fly; if she be your friend, hug her to your bosoms. The curse of Allah is on Stamboul, share ye her fate?"
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when they seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 2
- (archaic) Anything harmful to morals or public order.
Related terms
- pest
- pesticide
- pestilent
Translations
Further reading
- pestilence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pestilence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Old French pestilence, borrowed from Latin pestilentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?s.ti.l??s/
Noun
pestilence f (plural pestilences)
- (archaic or literary) pest epidemic; pestilence
- extremely foul smell
- Synonyms: infection, puanteur
Derived terms
- pestilentiel
References
- “pestilence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
pestilence f (oblique plural pestilences, nominative singular pestilence, nominative plural pestilences)
- pestilence (epidemic disease)
pestilence From the web:
- what pestilence mean
- what's pestilence in the bible
- what's pestilence in spanish
- pestilence what does it mean
- what does pestilence mean in the bible
- what does pestilence mean in psalms 91
- what do pestilence mean
- what causes pestilence
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- pesticide vs pestilence
- antagonism vs antagonist
- antagonise vs antagonist
- agonistes vs antagonist
- antagonize vs antagonist
- tsaritsa vs tsar
- czarocratic vs czar
- czarocrat vs czar
- czarocracy vs czar
- czarism vs czar
- czarist vs czar
- czarina vs czar
- identifier vs identify
- identical vs identify
- identic vs identify
- papist vs pope
- chromatic vs achromatically
- chromatic vs achromatic
- italic vs roman
- dac vs adc