Difference between Germicide and Antimicrobial

Germicide

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant

Antimicrobial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbesinhibiting the growth of microbespreventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action