The difference between Corruption and Decay

When used as nouns, corruption means the act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle, whereas decay means the process or result of being gradually decomposed.

Decay is also verb with the meaning: to undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.

check bellow for the other definitions of Corruption and Decay

  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. Decay as a noun:

    The process or result of being gradually decomposed.

  2. Decay as a noun:

    A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.

  1. Decay as a verb (intransitive):

    To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality. To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation. To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete. To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).

    Examples:

    "The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street."

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  2. Decay as a verb (intransitive, of organic material):

    To rot, to go bad.

    Examples:

    "The cat's body decayed rapidly."

  3. Decay as a verb (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom):

    To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.

  4. Decay as a verb (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system):

    To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.

  5. Decay as a verb (intransitive, aviation):

    Loss of airspeed due to drag.

  6. Decay as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to rot or deteriorate.

    Examples:

    "The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years."

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