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Adulterate vs Relegate - What's the difference?

adulterate | relegate |

As adjectives the difference between adulterate and relegate

is that adulterate is tending to commit adultery while relegate is relegated; exiled.

As verbs the difference between adulterate and relegate

is that adulterate is to corrupt while relegate is exile, banish, remove, or send away.

As a noun relegate is

a person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

adulterate

English

(wikipedia adulterate)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to commit adultery.
  • * , I.v.
    • Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast,
    With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts-
    O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power
    So to seduce!- won to his shameful lust
    The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen.
  • Corrupted; impure; adulterated.

    • Verb

    (adulterat)
  • To corrupt.
  • To spoil by adding impurities.
    • to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coins, etc.
  • * Spectator
    • The present war has adulterated our tongue with strange words.
  • To commit adultery.
  • To defile by adultery.
    • (Milton)

    Synonyms

    * debase

    Derived terms

    * adulterant * adulteration

    References

    * ----

    relegate

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested in 1561: from (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
  • # (done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
  • # (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
  • # (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity'' to Rome for a set time; compare '' .
  • #* .
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  • # (figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
  • (in extended use) Consign or assign.
  • # Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, or (especially) inferiority.
  • # Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
  • # (sports, chiefly, soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
  • Refer or submit.
  • # Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
  • # Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
  • # Submit or refer (someone) to'' someone or something else ''for some reason or purpose.
    • Derived terms
    * (l), (l)
    Related terms
    * (l)

    References

    * “ relegate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * “ relegate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, March 2010)

    Etymology 2

    First attested circa 1550: from the Classical (etyl) (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

    • References

    * “ †?relegate, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * “ †relegate, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, December 2009)

    Etymology 3

    First attested circa 1425: from the Classical (etyl) (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Relegated]]; [[exile, exiled.

    • References

    * “ †relegate, adj.'']” listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] (draft revision, June 2010)

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