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Alloyed vs Impure - What's the difference?

alloyed | impure |

As adjectives the difference between alloyed and impure

is that alloyed is mixed while impure is not pure.

As verbs the difference between alloyed and impure

is that alloyed is (alloy) while impure is (obsolete) to defile; to pollute.

alloyed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • mixed.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (alloy)
  • Their pleasure was alloyed with misfortune.

    impure

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not pure
  • The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
  • Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed
  • Unchaste; lewd; unclean or obscene
  • He was thinking impure thoughts.
  • (Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
  • * 2012 , Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
  • “No one would marry her if she was impure''', don't you see?” “'''Impure'''? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as '''impure .”

    Synonyms

    * imperfect, tainted

    Antonyms

    * pure

    Verb

    (impur)
  • (obsolete) to defile; to pollute
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