Difference between White and Pure

What is the difference between White and Pure?

White as an adjective is bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. while Pure as an adjective is free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied

White

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. Of Caucasian race. Containing cream, milk or creamer. The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths. A Caucasian person. A European person. Street name for cocaine. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white). The sclera, white of the eye. A common name for the Pieris genus of butterflies. The cue ball in cue games.

Example sentence: In the beginning it was all black and white.

Pure

Part of speech: adverb

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

Part of speech: adjective

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

Example sentence: Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

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

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