Gargle vs. Mouthwash

Gargleverb

(intransitive) to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs

Gargleverb

(intransitive) to make a sound like the one made while gargling

Gargleverb

(transitive) to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)

Gargleverb

(transitive) to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.

Garglenoun

a liquid used for gargling

Garglenoun

the sound of gargling

Garglenoun

(slang) lager, drink

Garglenoun

See Gargoyle.

Garglenoun

A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.

Gargleverb

To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs.

Gargleverb

To warble; to sing as if gargling

Garglenoun

a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth

Garglenoun

the sound produced while gargling

Gargleverb

utter with gargling or burbling sounds

Gargleverb

rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash;

Mouthwashnoun

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

Mouthwashnoun

a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth.

Mouthwashnoun

a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth

Mouthwash

Mouthwash, mouth rinse, oral rinse, or mouth bath is a liquid which is held in the mouth passively or swilled around the mouth by contraction of the perioral muscles and/or movement of the head, and may be gargled, where the head is tilted back and the liquid bubbled at the back of the mouth. Usually mouthwashes are antiseptic solutions intended to reduce the microbial load in the oral cavity, although other mouthwashes might be given for other reasons such as for their analgesic, anti-inflammatory or anti-fungal action.