Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Silver nitrate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent
The silver salt of nitric acid, AgNO₃; it is sensitive to light and is used in the preparation of silver halides for photography; it is used in laboratories as a reagent to test for chloride