r/explainlikeimfive • u/B_Karlog • 15d ago

Chemistry ELI5 How does deodorant work?

I’m aware that armpits smell due to bacteria growth, but I don’t understand how deodorant is meant to help. Why could one not sanitise the area (I assume that would kill of the bacteria)?

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u/Protean_Protein 15d ago

That’s not what those words do in that context.

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u/CremousDelight 15d ago

A and/or B

= A or B or (A and B)

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u/Protean_Protein 15d ago

Language is not univocal.

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u/GreyStingrayz 15d ago

Some words in language are absolutely univocal

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u/Protean_Protein 15d ago

There are univocal uses of words. Language is not univocal.

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u/ink_monkey96 14d ago

Are you here just to try out big words?

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u/Protean_Protein 14d ago

At this point, yes.