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Cleanness vs Purification - What's the difference?

cleanness | purification |

As nouns the difference between cleanness and purification

is that cleanness is moral purity; innocence while purification is the act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.

cleanness

English

Noun

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  • Moral purity; innocence.
  • *:
  • *:Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession
  • The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.

    • purification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
  • A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.