Difference between Dingy and Impure

What is the difference between Dingy and Impure?

Dingy as an adjective is drab; shabby; dirty; squalid while Impure as an adjective is not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.

Dingy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: drab; shabby; dirty; squalid

Impure

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To defile; to [pollute].

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.

Example sentence: Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.

We hope you now know whether to use Dingy or Impure in your sentence.

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