Pristine vs Untouched - What's the difference?
pristine | untouched |
Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something
Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
* 2008, J.M. Whitty, N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn & S.C. Peverell, Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia [http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/publications/pubs/freshwater-sawfish-northern-river-shark.pdf]
Remaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged.
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Not influenced, affected or swayed.
Not having come in contact.
Not talked about.
Untouched is a synonym of pristine.
As adjectives the difference between pristine and untouched
is that pristine is unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied while untouched is remaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged.pristine
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pristin.Adjective
(en adjective)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Adjective
(en adjective)- This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).
untouched
English
Alternative forms
* untoucht (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}
