Soap and detergents are both surface active agents.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/9012/surfaceagents.htm


No, soaps are not the same thing as detergents; because some people use the words interchangeably- often confused about the difference between the two, and because they are both surface active agents, and harmful to the colon, I made sure I added both words throughout my post.

Ana