The difference between Corrupt and Ugly
When used as verbs, corrupt means to make corrupt, whereas ugly means to make ugly (sometimes with up).
When used as adjectives, corrupt means in a depraved state, whereas ugly means displeasing to the eye.
Ugly is also noun with the meaning: ugliness.
check bellow for the other definitions of Corrupt and Ugly
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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."
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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."
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Corrupt as an adjective:
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
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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!"
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Corrupt as a verb (intransitive):
To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Corrupt as a verb:
To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.
Examples:
"to corrupt language, or a holy text"
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Corrupt as a verb:
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
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Ugly as an adjective:
Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
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Ugly as an adjective:
Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
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Ugly as an adjective:
Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
Examples:
"He played an ugly trick on us."
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Ugly as an adjective:
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
Examples:
"an ugly temper; to feel ugly'"
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Ugly as an adjective:
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
Examples:
"an ugly rumour; an ugly customer; an ugly wound"
"With all this competition, expect things to get ugly."
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Ugly as a noun (slang, uncountable):
Ugliness.
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Ugly as a noun (slang):
An ugly person or thing.
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Ugly as a noun (UK, informal, dated):
A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
Examples:
"rfquotek Charles Kingsley"
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Ugly as a verb (transitive, nonstandard):
To make ugly (sometimes with up).
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
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- attractive vs ugly
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- gorgeous vs ugly
- handsome vs ugly
- pretty vs ugly
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- displeasing vs ugly
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