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Impure vs Noxious - What's the difference?

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Impure is a synonym of noxious.


As adjectives the difference between impure and noxious

is that impure is not pure while noxious is harmful; injurious.

As a verb impure

is (obsolete) to defile; to pollute.

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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    Anagrams

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    noxious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Harmful; injurious.
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    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

    Synonyms

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