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Putrid vs Spoiled - What's the difference?

putrid | spoiled |

As adjectives the difference between putrid and spoiled

is that putrid is rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction while spoiled is of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.

As a verb spoiled is

(spoil).

putrid

English

Adjective

(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
  • Usage notes

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

    Synonyms

    * malodorous

    See also

    * rotten * foul * odor

    Anagrams

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    spoiled

    English

    Alternative forms

    * spoilt

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spoil)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
  • Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
  • Usage notes

    * Much more common in US than "(spoilt)". * About as common as "spoilt" in UK.

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