different between corrupted vs attainted

English

corrupted (comparative more corrupted, superlative most corrupted)

Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
Dishonest.
Containing errors.
It proved impossible to recover any data from the corrupted disk.

corrupted

From attaint +? -ed.

attainted

attainted (comparative more attainted, superlative most attainted)

Subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 383:
  The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 228:
  Besides, Suffolk, attainted – stripped of his hereditary title – was no longer a member of the nobility, merely ‘Ed. Rebel’.
(now rare) Tainted, corrupted.

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