differentiate between antiseptics and disinfactants
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Disinfectants and antiseptics are both used for killing the microbes but still, there is a difference between them.
An antiseptic is used for killing the microbes on the living tissues whereas a disinfectant is applied on a non-living object.
Secondly, the concentration of both differ. We can use the same chemical as a disinfectant and an antiseptic by varying its concentration.
For example, phenol can be used as an antiseptic if its concentration is 0.2 percent but to use it as a disinfectant the concentration should be 1 percent.
We can broadly conclude that the cleaning products contain disinfectants and the healing products (for curing the living tissues) contain antiseptics.
Both are similar in nature but vary in their concentration. Lysol is a disinfectant whereas Dettol is an antiseptic.