The difference between Corruption and Decomposition

When used as nouns, corruption means the act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle, whereas decomposition means a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.

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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. Decomposition as a noun:

    A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.

  2. Decomposition as a noun:

    The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.

  3. Decomposition as a noun:

    The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts.

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