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Altered vs Contaminated - What's the difference?

altered | contaminated |

As verbs the difference between altered and contaminated

is that altered is (alter) while contaminated is (contaminate).

As a noun altered

is a kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

As an adjective contaminated is

adulterated; impure.

altered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (alter)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

    • Anagrams

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    contaminated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (contaminate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • adulterated; impure

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "contaminated" is often applied: food, meat, fish, milk, water, groundwater, land, soil, sediment, site, property, air, product, material.