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Impure vs Contaminate - What's the difference?

impure | contaminate |

As verbs the difference between impure and contaminate

is that impure is (obsolete) to defile; to pollute while contaminate is to introduce impurities or foreign matter to.

As an adjective impure

is not pure.

impure

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not pure
  • The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
  • Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed
  • Unchaste; lewd; unclean or obscene
  • He was thinking impure thoughts.
  • (Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
  • * 2012 , Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
  • “No one would marry her if she was impure''', don't you see?” “'''Impure'''? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as '''impure .”

    Synonyms

    * imperfect, tainted

    Antonyms

    * pure

    Verb

    (impur)
  • (obsolete) to defile; to pollute
  • References

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    Anagrams

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    contaminate

    English

    Verb

    (contaminat)
  • To introduce impurities or foreign matter to.
  • Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.
    This water is contaminated . It isn't safe to drink.
  • To soil or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to pollute.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Shall we now / Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
  • * Goldsmith
  • I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated .
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