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Contaminated vs Corrupted - What's the difference?

contaminated | corrupted |

As verbs the difference between contaminated and corrupted

is that contaminated is (contaminate) while corrupted is .

As adjectives the difference between contaminated and corrupted

is that contaminated is adulterated; impure while corrupted is marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.

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.

    corrupted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
  • dishonest
  • Containing errors.
  • Synonyms

    * corrupt

    Verb

    (head)