Contaminated vs Contaminant - What's the difference?
contaminated | contaminant |
(contaminate)
That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
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)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)- Keep the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.