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Contamination vs Incorporation - What's the difference?

contamination | incorporation |

As nouns the difference between contamination and incorporation

is that contamination is the act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates while incorporation is the act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.

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.

    • incorporation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
  • The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
  • The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic.
  • The act of creating a corporation.
  • A body incorporated; a corporation.