Difference between Pure and Chaste

What is the difference between Pure and Chaste?

Pure as an adjective is free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied while Chaste as an adjective is abstaining from sexual intercourse.

Pure

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied free of foreign material or pollutants free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean of a branch of science, done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.

Example sentence: The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Chaste

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Abstaining from sexual intercourse.Innocent.Celibate.Austere.Modest.

Example sentence: I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

We hope you now know whether to use Pure or Chaste in your sentence.

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