Talk:Detergent

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I don't understand the sentence about the usage of the word detergent at the beginning of the article - how is it used in conjunction with 'soap'?

[edit] vague and poorly documented

This article seems to me to be somewhere between fanciful conjecture and wild guessing. I'm new to wikipedia (as a member) and know very little about detergent anyways; else I would edit the article to something more coherent myself. Won't someone from Dawn or Cascade show Wikipedia some love? Akamos 05:09, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the section "Ecological impact of use", because the existing material was trivial and vapid. However, it is a good subject on which to write some substantial material, which I don't have time for now. 216.179.1.18 03:18, 20 October 2007 (UTC) robgood@bestweb.net

I am confused about the two words of detergent and cleaning agent. Are they same in meaning or what's the relationship and what are the differences between them. For example, the word "liquid detergent" vs the word "liquid cleaning agent"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.66.1.42 (talk) 10:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

(.)(.) :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.100.157 (talk) 07:58, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, "detergent" as a noun is synonymous with "cleaning agent", and as an adjective synonymous with "cleaning". 216.179.3.43 (talk) 04:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)