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Stained vs Contaminated - What's the difference?

stained | contaminated |

As adjectives the difference between stained and contaminated

is that stained is having a stain while contaminated is adulterated; impure.

As verbs the difference between stained and contaminated

is that stained is (stain) while contaminated is (contaminate).

stained

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a stain
  • coloured by adding a pigment

    • Derived terms

    * stained glass

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stain)

    • Anagrams

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    contaminated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (contaminate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • adulterated; impure

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "contaminated" is often applied: food, meat, fish, milk, water, groundwater, land, soil, sediment, site, property, air, product, material.