Purge vs Detox - What's the difference?
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An act of .
(medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
A cleansing of pipes.
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
(religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
* Bible, Psalms lxxix. 9
* Addison
(medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
(medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
(legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
To become pure, as by clarification.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
detoxification, especially of alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.
A detoxification unit.
detoxify, especially from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.
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As nouns the difference between purge and detox
is that purge is an act of purging while detox is detoxification, especially of alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.As verbs the difference between purge and detox
is that purge is to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities while detox is detoxify, especially from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.purge
English
(wikipedia purge)Noun
(en noun)- Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
- (Arbuthnot)
Verb
(purg)- Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
- We'll join our cares to purge away / Our country's crimes.