Difference between Contaminating and Dirty

What is the difference between Contaminating and Dirty?

Contaminating as a verb is to make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter. while Dirty as a verb is to make (something) dirty.

Contaminating

Part of speech: verb

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

Dirty

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make (something) dirty.To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).To become soiled.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a dirty manner.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.Corrupt, illegal, or improper.Out of tune.Of color, discolored by impurities.Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.Carrying illegal drugs.

Example sentence: It's fun being one of the boys. It's fun to have a character that's rough and gets down and dirty and not to be this precious girl who just sits in the corner and just sort of stands by the action.

We hope you now know whether to use Contaminating or Dirty in your sentence.

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