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Putrefied vs Rancid - What's the difference?

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Putrefied is a related term of rancid.


As a verb putrefied

is (putrefy).

As an adjective rancid is

being rank in taste or smell.

putrefied

English

Verb

(head)
  • (putrefy)

    • putrefy

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
  • To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
  • To become gangrenous.
  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
    • to putrefy an ulcer or wound
  • To corrupt; to make foul.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Private suits do putrefy the public good.
  • * Shakespeare
    • They would but stink, and putrefy the air.

    Synonyms

    * decay * fester * rot

    Related terms

    * putrid * putrescent * putrefaction * putrescence

    See also

    * (Gangrene)

    rancid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being rank in taste or smell.
    • The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
  • offensive
    • His remarks were rancid ; everyone got up and left.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "rancid" often gets applied: food, butter, meat, milk, fat, oil, smell, odor, taste.

    Related terms

    * rancidification * rancidly * rancidness * rancor

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