The difference between Corruption and Erosion

When used as nouns, corruption means the act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle, whereas erosion means the result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.

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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. Erosion as a noun (uncountable):

    The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.

  2. Erosion as a noun (uncountable):

    The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.

  3. Erosion as a noun (uncountable, figurative):

    The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.

    Examples:

    "the erosion of a person's trust"

    "trademark erosion, caused by everyday use of the trademarked term"

  4. Erosion as a noun (uncountable):

    Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.

  5. Erosion as a noun (mathematics, image processing):

    One of two fundamental operations in from which all other morphological operations are derived.

  6. Erosion as a noun (dentistry):

    Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.

  7. Erosion as a noun (medicine):

    A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

  8. Erosion as a noun (math):

    In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see .

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