The difference between Corruption and Debasement

When used as nouns, corruption means the act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle, whereas debasement means the act of debasing or the state of being debased.

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  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.

  1. Debasement as a noun:

    The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.

  2. Debasement as a noun:

    The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

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