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Putrefaction vs Contamination - What's the difference?

putrefaction | contamination | Related terms |

Putrefaction is a related term of contamination.


As nouns the difference between putrefaction and contamination

is that putrefaction is putrefaction while contamination is the act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

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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    contamination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
  • (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
  • (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
  • The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.