Disinfect vs. Fumigate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disinfect and Fumigate
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Disinfect
To cleanse so as to destroy or prevent the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms
Disinfect a hospital room.
Fumigate
To subject to smoke or fumes, especially of certain chemicals, usually in order to exterminate pests or disinfect.
Disinfect
To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.
Fumigate
To employ smoke or fumes in order to exterminate or disinfect.
Disinfect
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect.
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Fumigate
(transitive) To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
Disinfect
Destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing;
Disinfect a wound
Fumigate
To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
Fumigate
To smoke; to perfume.
Fumigate
Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
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