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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| antiseptic (adj., n.), aseptic (adj.) |
| The adjectives are partly synonymous, but something that is antiseptic kills bacteria, while something aseptic is “surgically clean or sterile.” Antiseptic has the primary stress on the third syllable; aseptic has it on the second, with the first syllable rhyming with day. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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