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Stainless vs Chaste - What's the difference?

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Stainless is a related term of chaste.


As adjectives the difference between stainless and chaste

is that stainless is describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration while chaste is abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate.

As a noun stainless

is short for stainless steel.

stainless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration.
  • Unmarked, spotless.

    • Synonyms

    * (resistant to corrosion) rustproof

    Noun

    (-)
  • Short for stainless steel.

    • Anagrams

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    chaste

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
  • virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
  • simple, austere, undecorative
    • a chaste style in composition or art
  • modest, decent, morally pure
    • a chaste''' mind; '''chaste eyes

    Usage notes

    * Married couples are often exhorted to have "chaste sex"--compare the Vatican encyclical Casti Connubii (Of Chaste Wedlock ).

    Derived terms

    * chastity

    See also

    * pure

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