Contaminate vs Purify - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between contaminate and purify

is that contaminate is to introduce impurities or foreign matter to while purify is to cleanse (something), or rid (it) of impurities.

(contaminat)

To introduce impurities or foreign matter to.

Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.

This water is contaminated . It isn't safe to drink.

To soil or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to pollute.

* Shakespeare

Shall we now / Contaminate our figures with base bribes?

* Goldsmith

I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated .

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To cleanse (something), or rid (it) of impurities

To free (someone) from guilt or sin

* defile