Contamination vs Sain - What's the difference?
contamination | sain |
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.
(archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
To make the sign of the cross.
(archaic) To bless, to keep from evil influence.
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As a noun contamination
is the act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.As a verb sain is
to make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.contamination
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(en noun)sain
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(en verb)- 1983 , Robert Nye, The Facts of Life :
- The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.
