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Contaminated vs Contaminant - What's the difference?

contaminated | contaminant |

As a verb contaminated

is (contaminate).

As an adjective contaminated

is adulterated; impure.

As a noun contaminant is

that which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

contaminated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (contaminate)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • adulterated; impure
  • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "contaminated" is often applied: food, meat, fish, milk, water, groundwater, land, soil, sediment, site, property, air, product, material.

    contaminant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
  • Keep the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.
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