Difference between Contaminated and Polluted

What is the difference between Contaminated and Polluted?

Contaminated as a verb is to make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter. while Polluted as a verb is simple past and past participle of pollute.

Contaminated

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: adulterated; impure

Example sentence: Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat.

Polluted

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Simple past and past participle of pollute.

We hope you now know whether to use Contaminated or Polluted in your sentence.

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