Rancid vs Putrid - What's the difference?

Putrid is a antonym of rancid.

is that rancid is being rank in taste or smell while putrid is rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.

(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.

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

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(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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