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Mildewed vs Polluted - What's the difference?

mildewed | polluted | Related terms |

As verbs the difference between mildewed and polluted

is that mildewed is past tense of mildew while polluted is simple past and past participle of pollute.

As an adjective polluted is

defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

mildewed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mildew)

    • mildew

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

    • See also

    * mould, mold

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To taint with mildew.
  • * 1605 , , (William Shakespeare), act 3 scene 4
    • He mildews the white wheat.
  • To become tainted with mildew.
  • * 1851 ,
    • His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.

    polluted

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

    • Derived terms

    * pollutedly * pollutedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • Simple past and past participle of pollute.

    • References

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