Defile vs Purify - What's the difference?
defile | purify | Antonyms |
to make impure; to make dirty.
A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
A single file, such as of soldiers.
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
(archaic) To march in a single file.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.138:
march-past
To cleanse (something), or rid (it) of impurities
To free (someone) from guilt or sin
Purify is an antonym of defile.
Defile is an antonym of purify.
As verbs the difference between defile and purify
is that defile is to make impure; to make dirty or defile can be (archaic|intransitive) to march in a single file while purify is to cleanse (something), or rid (it) of impurities.As a noun defile
is a narrow way or passage, eg between mountains.defile
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(defil)Synonyms
* contaminate * polluteAntonyms
* purifyEtymology 2
Earlier (defilee), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)See also
* glenVerb
(defil)- They defiled down a gully to the water and bunched and jerked their noses at it and came back.