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Containment vs Contamination - What's the difference?

containment | contamination |

As nouns the difference between containment and contamination

is that containment is (uncountable) the state of being contained while contamination is the act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

containment

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being contained.
  • (uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
  • (uncountable, countable) Something contained.
  • (uncountable, countable) a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
  • (countable) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
  • (countable, mathematics) an inclusion

    • See also

    *("containment" on Wikipedia)

    contamination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
  • (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
  • (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
  • The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.