Putrid vs Decayed - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between putrid and decayed

is that putrid is rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction while decayed is having decayed.

past tense of decay.

(en adjective)

Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.

of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.

Vile, disgusting.

morally corrupt

totally objectionable

* Nouns to which "putrid" is often applied: smell, odor, flesh, matter, meat.

* malodorous

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(en adjective)

Having decayed.

The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.

(head)

(decay)