Squalid vs Putrid - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between squalid and putrid

is that squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant while putrid is rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.

is (zoology) any member of the squalidae.

(en adjective)

Extremely dirty and unpleasant.

Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.

A squalid attempt to buy votes.

(en noun)

(zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.

* 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)

Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods

(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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