pollutant

Pollutant is a synonym of contaminant.

As nouns the difference between contaminant and pollutant

is that contaminant is that which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter while pollutant is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

As a noun pollutant

is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

As an acronym bat is

best available technology; a principle applying to regulations]] on limiting pollutant [[discharge|discharges.

As nouns the difference between pollutant and bioseparation

is that pollutant is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities while bioseparation is (biochemistry) the separation of the products of a biochemical reaction without damaging the organisms concerned.

As nouns the difference between pollutant and cryoconite

is that pollutant is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities while cryoconite is brown silt that consists of airborne volcanic sediment or soot particles from artificial pollutants, and water from ablation of ice sheets.

As nouns the difference between pollutant and bioaugmentation

is that pollutant is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities while bioaugmentation is the use of microorganisms to help decompose pollutants.

As nouns the difference between pollutant and imposex

is that pollutant is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities while imposex is the development in certain marine gastropod mollusks of sex organs in contrast to their actual gender, the result of toxic pollutants.

As a noun pollutant

is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

As an adjective antismog is

that reduce the production of pollutants that cause smog.

As nouns the difference between pollutant and electroflotation

is that pollutant is a foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities while electroflotation is (chemistry|environmental engineering) removal of pollutants from water through the electrolytic generation of bubbles which collect pollutants and carry them to the surface.