Impure vs Debased - What's the difference?
impure | debased | Synonyms |
Not pure
Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed
Unchaste; lewd; unclean or obscene
(Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
* 2012 , Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
(obsolete) to defile; to pollute
(debase)
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Impure is a synonym of debased.
As verbs the difference between impure and debased
is that impure is (obsolete) to defile; to pollute while debased is (debase).As an adjective impure
is not pure.impure
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
- He was thinking impure thoughts.
- “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 .”