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Putrefied vs Infested - What's the difference?

putrefied | infested |

As verbs the difference between putrefied and infested

is that putrefied is (putrefy) while infested is (infest).

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)

    infested

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (infest)

    • infest

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
    • Insects are infesting my basement!
  • (pathology, of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal

    • Synonyms

    *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) mischievous; hurtful; harassing
    • (Spenser)

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