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Contamination vs Defilement - What's the difference?

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Contamination is a related term of defilement.


As nouns the difference between contamination and defilement

is that contamination is the act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates while defilement is the unwinding or unreeling of a film.

contamination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
  • (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
  • (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
  • The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

    • defilement

    English

    Noun

  • The act of defiling.
  • The state of being defiled.
  • (military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.

    • Synonyms

    * pollution