Immaculate vs Scoured - What's the difference?

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Immaculate is a related term of scoured.

As an adjective immaculate

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

As a verb scoured is

(scour).

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

scoured

English

Verb

(head)

(scour)

Anagrams

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scour

English

Alternative forms

* scower (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)

To clean, polish, or wash something by scrubbing it vigorously.

He scoured the burner pans to remove the burnt spills.

To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off.

He scoured the burnt food from the pan.

* Shakespeare

[I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, / Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it.

To search an area thoroughly.

They scoured the scene of the crime for clues.

(ambitransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.

* Alexander Pope

when swift Camilla scours the plain

* Dryden

So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, / Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.

(veterinary medicine) Of livestock, to suffer from diarrhea.

If a lamb is scouring , do not delay treatment.

(veterinary medicine) To purge.

to scour a horse

(obsolete) To cleanse.

* Francis Bacon

Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better.

Derived terms

* scourer

Noun

(-)

The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.

Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the bridge.