Difference between Decent and Clean

What is the difference between Decent and Clean?

Decent as an adjective is appropriate; suitable for the circumstances. while Clean as an adjective is not dirty.

Decent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances. Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness. Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen. Fair; good enough; okay. Significant; substantial.

Example sentence: I think my characters are all fairly fundamentally decent, even if they have negative characteristics.

Clean

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not dirty.In a condition of having been cleaned.In an unmarked condition.Pure, especially morally or religiously.Drug- and alcohol-free.Smooth, exact, and performed well.Said of (criminal, driving..) records without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.Cool or neat.Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To Remove dirt from a place or object.To Tidy up, make a place neat.To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.To make things clean in general.To Brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Fully and completely.

Example sentence: Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

We hope you now know whether to use Decent or Clean in your sentence.

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