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Contaminating vs Polluting - What's the difference?

contaminating | polluting |

As verbs the difference between contaminating and polluting

is that contaminating is present participle of contaminate while polluting is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective polluting is

adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.

contaminating

English

Verb

(head)

    • polluting

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
  • * _ And let our polluting''' powers combine. Super Radiation
    _ Deforestation
    _ Smog
    _ Toxics
    _ Hate
    _ By your '''polluting     powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
    _ GO POLLUTION!'' (''     )

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