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Befouled vs Polluted - What's the difference?

befouled | polluted | Related terms |

Befouled is a related term of polluted.


As verbs the difference between befouled and polluted

is that befouled is (befoul) while polluted is simple past and past participle of pollute.

As an adjective polluted is

defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

befouled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (befoul)

    • befoul

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make foul; to soil.
  • To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

    • Related terms

    * afoul

    polluted

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

    • Derived terms

    * pollutedly * pollutedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • Simple past and past participle of pollute.

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