Sanitation vs. Hygiene

Sanitationnoun

The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.

Sanitationnoun

The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.

Sanitationnoun

The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.

Sanitationnoun

the state of being clean and conducive to health

Sanitationnoun

making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

Sanitationnoun

conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal

Sanitation

Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap.

Hygienenoun

The science of health, its promotion and preservation.

Hygienenoun

Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

Hygienenoun

Cleanliness.

Hygienenoun

The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

Hygienenoun

That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.

Hygienenoun

a condition promoting sanitary practices;

Hygienenoun

the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health

Hygiene

Hygiene is a series of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Personal hygiene refers to maintaining the body's cleanliness.