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Putrefied vs Contaminated - What's the difference?

putrefied | contaminated |

As verbs the difference between putrefied and contaminated

is that putrefied is (putrefy) while contaminated is (contaminate).

As an adjective contaminated is

adulterated; impure.

putrefied

English

Verb

(head)
  • (putrefy)

    • putrefy

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
  • To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
  • To become gangrenous.
  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.
    • to putrefy an ulcer or wound
  • To corrupt; to make foul.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Private suits do putrefy the public good.
  • * Shakespeare
    • They would but stink, and putrefy the air.

    Synonyms

    * decay * fester * rot

    Related terms

    * putrid * putrescent * putrefaction * putrescence

    See also

    * (Gangrene)

    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.