different between corrupt vs infect

English

Alternative forms

• corrumpt (archaic)
• corrump (obsolete)
• corroupt (rare)

Etymology

From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrump?, corrumpere (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpere (“to break in pieces”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k????pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Adjective

corrupt (comparative more corrupt, superlative most corrupt)

1. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

   The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.

   • The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
2. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.

   The text of the manuscript is corrupt.

   It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.

3. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

   • with such corrupt and pestilent bread to feed them.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "corrupt" is often applied: practice, state, country, nation, regime, city, government, person, man, politician, leader, mayor, judge, member, minister, file, database, document, woman.

Synonyms

• corrupted

Translations

Verb

corrupt (third-person singular simple present corrupts, present participle corrupting, simple past and past participle corrupted)

1. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

   • And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

2. (archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.

   • he entrails, which are the parts aptest to corrupt
3. To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.

4. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

   • Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt.

Translations

Related terms

• corruptible
• corruption
• incorruptible

References

• corrupt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• corrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corruptus or from Middle French corrupt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??r?pt/
• Hyphenation: cor?rupt
• Rhymes: -?pt

Adjective

corrupt (comparative corrupter, superlative corruptst)

1. corrupt (lacking integrity, being prone to discriminating, open to bribes, etc.)

2. (textual criticism) corrupt (containing (many) errors)

3. deprave, morally corrupt

Inflection

Related terms

• corrumperen
• corruptie

Descendants

• Afrikaans: korrup
• ? Indonesian: korup
• ? West Frisian: korrupt

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corruptus.

Adjective

corrupt m (feminine singular corrupte, masculine plural corrupts, feminine plural corruptes)

1. corrupt (impure; not in its original form)

English

Etymology

From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of infici? (“dye, taint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

infect (third-person singular simple present infects, present participle infecting, simple past and past participle infected)

1. (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
2. (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
3. (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.

Antonyms

• disinfect

Derived terms

• infection
• infectible

Related terms

• infectious

Translations

Adjective

infect (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Infected.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I. iii. 187:

     And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect.

Anagrams

• netfic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.f?kt/

Adjective

infect (feminine singular infecte, masculine plural infects, feminine plural infectes)

1. vile, loathsome
2. revolting, disgusting

Synonyms

• répugnant, dégueulasse, immonde

Descendants

• ? Romanian: infect

Further reading

• “infect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French infect, from Latin infectus.

Adjective

infect m or n (feminine singular infect?, masculine plural infec?i, feminine and neuter plural infecte)

1. revolting, disgusting (about smells)
2. vile, loathsome (about humans)

Declension