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Immaculate vs Besmirched - What's the difference?

immaculate | besmirched |

As an adjective immaculate

is having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, pure.

As a verb besmirched is

past tense of besmirch.

immaculate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, pure.
    • Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate . —
    Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. — Shakespeare, Richard II , V-iii.

    Synonyms

    * spotless * undefiled * unsullied

    Derived terms

    * Immaculate Conception * immaculately * immaculateness

    besmirched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (besmirch)

    • besmirch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make dirty; to soil.
  • To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation; to debase.
    • The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor.