fertilizer vs chemical

chemical vs fertilizer

fertilizer and chemical both are nouns.

fertilizer is not an adjective while chemical is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fertilizer	Yes	No	No	No
chemical	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, chemical is a hypernym of fertilizer; that is, chemical is a word with a broader meaning than fertilizer:

fertilizer: any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
chemical: material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules

Other hypernyms of fertilizer include chemical substance.

fertilizer (noun)	chemical (noun)
any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile	material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules

fertilizer (adjective)	chemical (adjective)
	relating to or used in chemistry
	of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes

Difference between fertilizer and chemical

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