Difference between Abortifacient and Causative

What is the difference between Abortifacient and Causative?

Abortifacient as an adjective is producing miscarriage while Causative as an adjective is acting as a cause.

Abortifacient

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Producing miscarriage

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.

Causative

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Acting as a cause.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

We hope you now know whether to use Abortifacient or Causative in your sentence.

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