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I understand the distinction you're making. My understanding has been that pesticide is a term that includes both insecticides and herbicides. > Pesticides are
by grzm 9y ago
I understand the distinction you're making. My understanding has been that pesticide is a term that includes both insecticides and herbicides.
> Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests or weeds. The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticide, insect growth regulator, nematicide, termiticide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, predacide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide, disinfectant (antimicrobial), and sanitizer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide
- robbiep 9y agoMy bad. As the child of farmers it's never been used this way where I'm from
- grzm 9y agoNo harm, no foul! Growing up in a farming community myself was one of the reasons I spoke up, and I'm sure there's variation in how these terms are used. I definitely knew what you were getting at. Language is pretty interesting!