The difference between Defile and Purify
When used as verbs, defile means to make unclean, dirty, or impure, whereas purify means to cleanse, or rid of impurities.
Defile is also noun with the meaning: a narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
check bellow for the other definitions of Defile and Purify
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Defile as a verb (transitive):
To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.
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Defile as a verb (transitive):
To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate
Examples:
"To urinate on someone's grave is an example of a way to defile it."
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Defile as a verb (transitive):
To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape
Examples:
"The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl."
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Defile as a noun:
A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains
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Defile as a noun:
A single file, such as of soldiers.
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Defile as a noun:
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
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Defile as a verb (archaic, intransitive):
To march in a single file.
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Purify as a verb (transitive):
To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
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Purify as a verb (transitive):
To free from guilt or sin.
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Purify as a verb (intransitive):
To become pure.