Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Antiseptic"

A: antiseptic is a substance that stops the growth and development of harmful bacteria, germs, diseases etc.

A: The cleaning product contained antiseptic.

A: @yapei: Burnal is a good antiseptic for wounds.

A: An antiseptic (noun) or a thing that is antiseptic (adjective) is something that kills bacteria. It's not edible.
A preservative is something that preserves, but usually it specifically means something that's added to food in order to prevent the food from spoiling.

A: Antiseptic is to prevent infection. So it doesn't have to a living contaminant.

Antimicrobial is to kill/get rid of microbes. Microbes are any microscopic organism.

Antibiotic is an antimicrobial specifically for bacteria.

A: They mostly do the same thing, however; antiseptics are applied to the body/a person, whereas disinfectants are used on non-living surfaces, such as a desk or a door handle.

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A: @fleetu no, it refers to milosevic’s behavior and how he preyed on the prejudices for power. he was very calm and boring in how he took advantage of the prejudice.

A: Antiseptic is a type of disinfectant, something that kills bacteria and other pathogens. Using it as an adjective like this makes it almost synonymous to the word "clean". So you could rewrite this as "There's nothing clean about..." or "Nothing sanitary about..."

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A: thank you!