Pure vs Chaste - What's the difference?
pure | chaste |
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
* (1800-1859)
(senseid)Free of foreign material or pollutants.
* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
* Bible, v. 22
(label) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (label) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
(label) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
(Liverpool) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
simple, austere, undecorative
modest, decent, morally pure
Chaste is a synonym of pure.
As adjectives the difference between pure and chaste
is that pure is free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied while chaste is abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate.As an adverb pure
is to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.pure
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.
- A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
- Keep thyself pure .
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Synonyms
* perfect * innocent * See alsoAntonyms
* impure, contaminated * (done for its own sake) appliedDerived terms
* pure finder * as pure as the driven snowAdverb
(en adverb)- You’re pure busy.
External links
* *Anagrams
* ----chaste
English
Adjective
(er)- a chaste style in composition or art
- a chaste''' mind; '''chaste eyes