Cleaning vs Purifying - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between cleaning and purifying

is that cleaning is while purifying is .

is (gerund of clean) a situation in which something is cleaned.

(head)

(en noun)

(gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned

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The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

(Gardner)

(head)