The difference between Corrupt and Pervert

When used as verbs, corrupt means to make corrupt, whereas pervert means to turn another way.


Corrupt is also adjective with the meaning: in a depraved state.

Pervert is also noun with the meaning: one who has been perverted.

check bellow for the other definitions of Corrupt and Pervert

  1. Corrupt as an adjective:

    In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

    Examples:

    "The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them."

  2. Corrupt as an adjective:

    Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.

    Examples:

    "The text of the manuscript is corrupt."

    "It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open."

  3. Corrupt as an adjective:

    In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

  1. Corrupt as a verb (transitive):

    To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

    Examples:

    "Don't you dare corrupt my son with those [[disgusting]] pictures!"

  2. Corrupt as a verb (intransitive):

    To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  3. Corrupt as a verb:

    To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.

    Examples:

    "to corrupt language, or a holy text"

  4. Corrupt as a verb:

    To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

  1. Pervert as a noun (dated):

    One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.

  2. Pervert as a noun:

    A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.

    Examples:

    "Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!"

  1. Pervert as a verb (transitive):

    To turn another way; to divert.

  2. Pervert as a verb (transitive):

    To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure

  3. Pervert as a verb:

    To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.

    Examples:

    "pervert one's words"

  4. Pervert as a verb (intransitive):

    To become perverted; to take the wrong course.

    Examples:

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