Affliction vs Contamination - What's the difference?
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A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
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*:She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction , but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
(linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
(linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.