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Putrefaction vs Adulteration - What's the difference?

putrefaction | adulteration | Related terms |

Putrefaction is a related term of adulteration.


As nouns the difference between putrefaction and adulteration

is that putrefaction is putrefaction while adulteration is the action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.

putrefaction

English

(wikipedia putrefaction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
  • Rotten material.
  • The state of being rotten.

    • Related terms

    * putrescent * putrefactive * putrefacient * putrefy * putrid

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    adulteration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.

    • Antonyms

    * purification