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Contaminated vs Inappropriate - What's the difference?

contaminated | inappropriate | Related terms |

Contaminated is a related term of inappropriate.


As adjectives the difference between contaminated and inappropriate

is that contaminated is adulterated; impure while inappropriate is not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.

As a verb contaminated

is (contaminate).

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.

    inappropriate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.
    • It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.
    "While PDA or sexual irresponsibility may be considered unsuitable, it is not inappropriate for teenagers in a relationship and nearly of legal age to talk alone."

    Synonyms

    * out of line * unfit * unsuitable

    Derived terms

    * inappropriately * inappropriateness