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Cleanse vs Defecator - What's the difference?

cleanse | defecator |

As a verb cleanse

is to free from dirt; to clean, purify.

As a noun defecator is

one who defecates.

cleanse

English

Verb

(cleans)
  • To free from dirt; to clean, purify.
  • *{{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}
  • To spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge.

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    defecator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who defecates.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1999, date=February 12, author=Chuck Shepherd, title=News of the Weird, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Number two in the news: In January police in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, were investigating a suspected serial defecator who had soiled three locations around town during the holiday season, including the floor of a recreation center. }}
  • (obsolete) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and syrups.
    • (Knight)
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