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Impure vs Inferior - What's the difference?

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Impure is a related term of inferior.


As adjectives the difference between impure and inferior

is that impure is not pure while inferior is of lower quality.

As a verb impure

is (obsolete) to defile; to pollute.

As a noun inferior is

a person of lower stature to another.

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

    Related terms

    * impuration * impurely * impureness * impurify * impurity

    Verb

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

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    inferior

    English

    Alternative forms

    * inferiour (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of lower quality
    • Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
  • * Dryden
    • Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.
  • of lower rank
    • an inferior officer
  • located below
  • # (typography) Printed in subscript.
  • an inferior figure or letter
  • (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
  • (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
  • (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
    • the inferior''' or interior planets; an '''inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
  • (astronomy) Below the horizon.
    • the inferior part of a meridian

    Usage notes

    (term) and (superior) are generally followed by (to); (than) is seen sometimes, but is viewed as wrong.

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * superior

    Coordinate terms

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    Related terms

    * inferiority

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person of lower stature to another
    • As you are my inferior , I can tell you to do anything I want.

    Antonyms

    * superior

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