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Contaminated vs Injurious - What's the difference?

contaminated | injurious | Related terms |

Contaminated is a related term of injurious.


As adjectives the difference between contaminated and injurious

is that contaminated is adulterated; impure while injurious is causing physical harm or injury; harmful.

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.

    injurious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing physical harm or injury; harmful.
  • Causing harm to one's reputation; slanderous, libelous, invidious.

    • Synonyms

    * harmful; see also * slanderous, libelous, defamatory * See also

    Derived terms

    * injuriously * injuriousness