different between pollute vs pollutant
pollute
English
Etymology
From Middle English polluten, from Latin poll?tum, from poll?tus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of pollu? (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??lu?t/, /p??lju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Verb
pollute (third-person singular simple present pollutes, present participle polluting, simple past and past participle polluted)
- (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
- (dated) To corrupt or profane
- 1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version, Revelation 21:8
- But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
- 1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version, Revelation 21:8
- To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
Derived terms
- polluter
- self-pollute
Related terms
- pollutant
- pollution
Translations
Adjective
pollute (comparative more pollute, superlative most pollute)
- (rare) Polluted; defiled.
Translations
References
- pollute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin
Participle
poll?te
- vocative masculine singular of poll?tus
Middle English
Verb
pollute
- Alternative form of polluten
pollute From the web:
- what pollutes the air
- what pollutes the ocean
- what pollutes water
- what pollutes the ocean the most
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pollutant
English
Noun
pollutant (plural pollutants)
- A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
Derived terms
- micropollutant
- persistent organic pollutant
Translations
Further reading
- pollutant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
pollutant From the web:
- what pollutants cause acid rain
- what pollutants do cars emit
- what pollutants do electrostatic precipitators remove
- what pollutants do scrubbers remove
- what pollutants are of greatest concern and who is at risk
- what pollutants come from burning coal
- what pollutants lead to acid rain
- what pollutants do catalytic converters remove
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