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Decayed vs Polluted - What's the difference?

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Decayed is a related term of polluted.


As adjectives the difference between decayed and polluted

is that decayed is having decayed while polluted is defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

As verbs the difference between decayed and polluted

is that decayed is (decay) while polluted is simple past and past participle of pollute.

decayed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having decayed.
    • The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (decay)

    • polluted

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

    • Derived terms

    * pollutedly * pollutedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • Simple past and past participle of pollute.

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