Disinfect vs. Bleach

Disinfectverb

To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.

Disinfectverb

To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

Disinfectverb

destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing;

Bleachadjective

(archaic) Pale; bleak.

Bleachverb

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

Bleachverb

(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).

Bleachverb

to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.

Bleachverb

To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.

Bleachnoun

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.

Bleachnoun

(countable) A variety of bleach.

Bleachnoun

An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.

Bleachnoun

A disease of the skin.

Bleachverb

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

Bleachverb

To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

Bleachnoun

the whiteness that results from removing the color from something;

Bleachnoun

an agent that makes things white or colorless

Bleachnoun

the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)

Bleachverb

remove color from;

Bleachverb

make whiter or lighter;

Bleach

Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially and domestically to remove color from a fabric or fiber or to clean or to remove stains in a process called bleaching. It often refers, specifically, to a dilute solution of sodium hypochlorite, also called .