antiseptic vs neomycin

neomycin vs antiseptic

antiseptic and neomycin both are nouns.

antiseptic is an adjective but neomycin is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antiseptic	Yes	Yes	No	No
neomycin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, neomycin is a hyponym of antiseptic; that is, neomycin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antiseptic:

antiseptic: a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
neomycin: an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery

Other hyponyms of antiseptic include chloramine-T, chloramine, chlorhexidine, gramicidin, iodoform, triiodomethane, merbromine, Mercurochrome, Argyrol, mild silver protein, fradicin, Neobiotic, Merthiolate, sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate, thimerosal, iodine, tincture of iodine.

antiseptic (noun)	neomycin (noun)
a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues	an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery

antiseptic (adjective)	neomycin (adjective)
thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
devoid of objectionable language
clean and honest
freeing from error or corruption

Difference between antiseptic and neomycin

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