The difference between Contamination and Corruption

When used as nouns, contamination means the act or process of contaminating, whereas corruption means the act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle.

check bellow for the other definitions of Contamination and Corruption

  1. Contamination as a noun:

    The act or process of contaminating

    Examples:

    "synonyms: pollution defilement taint"

  2. Contamination as a noun:

    Something which contaminates.

  3. Contamination as a noun (linguistics):

    A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.

  4. Contamination as a noun (linguistics, etymology):

    The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.

  5. Contamination as a noun:

    The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

  1. Corruption as a noun:

    The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.

  2. Corruption as a noun:

    The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

  3. Corruption as a noun:

    The product of corruption; putrid matter.

  4. Corruption as a noun:

    The decomposition of biological matter.

  5. Corruption as a noun:

    The seeking of bribes.

  6. Corruption as a noun (computing):

    The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.

  7. Corruption as a noun:

    The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct

    Examples:

    "a corruption of style"

    "corruption in language"

  8. Corruption as a noun (linguistics):

    A debased or nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, mishearing, etc.

  9. Corruption as a noun:

    Something that is evil but is supposed to be good.

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