Difference between Taint and Contamination

What is the difference between Taint and Contamination?

Taint as a noun is a thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. while Contamination as a noun is the act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

Taint

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally. To spoil (food) by contamination.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character The perineum.

Contamination

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.A grammatical blend, portmanteau.The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

Example sentence: It's a lot easier producing for people or being in the background, and they can take all the fire from the front. But in order to express the ideas that I have without any kind of contamination, I thought it would be a cool thing to be out front.

We hope you now know whether to use Taint or Contamination in your sentence.

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