antimicrobial vs aseptic

antimicrobial

• preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes 

• tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes 

• inhibiting the growth of microbes 

• an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action 

aseptic

• Free of disease-causing microbes. 

• pasteurised. 

• Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.