Pollutes vs Contaminates - What's the difference?
pollutes | contaminates |
(pollute)
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.
(contaminate)
To introduce impurities or foreign matter to.
To soil or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to pollute.
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As verbs the difference between pollutes and contaminates
is that pollutes is third-person singular of pollute while contaminates is third-person singular of contaminate.pollutes
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(head)Anagrams
* *pollute
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(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
* ----contaminates
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(head)contaminate
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(contaminat)- Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.
- This water is contaminated . It isn't safe to drink.
- Shall we now / Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
- I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated .