Pollute vs Debauch - What's the difference?
pollute | debauch | Synonyms |
To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
(dated) To corrupt or profane
* But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted , as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.” —Revelation 21:8 (RSV)
To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
An individual act of debauchery.
*1902 , Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence , page 242:
* 1913 , , The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu , ch. 25:
An orgy.
* 1955 , , Catch-22 , ch. 13:
To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
* 1727 , , The History of the Devil , ch. 9:
To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
* 2014 March 23, , "
Pollute is a synonym of debauch.
In lang=en terms the difference between pollute and debauch
is that pollute is to make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor while debauch is to debase (something); to lower the value of (something).As verbs the difference between pollute and debauch
is that pollute is to make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product while debauch is to morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.As an adjective pollute
is (rare) polluted.As a noun debauch is
an individual act of debauchery.pollute
English
Verb
(pollut)- The factory pollute d the river when it cleaned its tanks.
- The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.
Derived terms
* self-polluteReferences
* ----debauch
English
Noun
(es)- Greene died of a debauch ; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.
- [T]he room probably was one which he actually used for opium debauches .
- [T]here were always the gay and silly sensual young girls that Yossarian had found and brought there and those that the sleepy enlisted men returning to Pianosa after their own exhausting seven-day debauch had brought there.
Verb
(es)- But the Devil had met with too much Success in his first Attempts, not to go on with his general Resolution of debauching the Minds of Men, and bringing them off from God.
Peter Hitchens's Blog: 23 March 2014 1:41 AM," The Mail on Sunday (UK) (retrieved 18 April 2014):
- [S]aving of all kinds is pointless when interest is microscopic and state-sponsored inflation is debauching the currency.
