Putrid vs Fester - What's the difference?
putrid | fester |
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
To become septic; to become rotten.
* Milton
To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
* Macaulay
To cause to fester or rankle.
* Marston
As an adjective putrid
is rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.As a verb fester is
to become septic; to become rotten.putrid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "putrid" is often applied: smell, odor, flesh, matter, meat.Synonyms
* malodorousSee also
* rotten * foul * odorAnagrams
* ----fester
English
Verb
(en verb)- Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
- Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
- Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
- For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.