different between pollute vs sully
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
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sully
English
Etymology
From Middle English sulen, sulien (“to become dirty; to defile, pollute, taint”), from Old English sylian (“to soil, pollute; to sully”), from Proto-Germanic *suliw?n?, *sulw?n?, *sulwijan? (“to make dirty; to sully”), from Proto-Indo-European *s?l- (“thick liquid, muck”), perhaps conflated partially with Old French souillier (“to soil”) (modern French souiller) from the same Germanic source. The word is cognate with Danish søle (“to sully”), Dutch zaluwen (“to sully”) (Middle Dutch saluwen (“to sully”)), German sühlen (“to sully”), Old Saxon sulian (“to sully”), Swedish söla (“to sully”). Also compare Middle English sulpen (“to defile, pollute”), Old English solian (“to soil, become defiled, make or become foul”), and see more at soil.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?s?li/
- Rhymes: -?li
- Hyphenation: sul?ly
Verb
sully (third-person singular simple present sullies, present participle sullying, simple past and past participle sullied)
- (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
- Synonym: (obsolete) sowl
- (transitive) To corrupt or damage.
- (intransitive, ergative) To become soiled or tarnished.
Alternative forms
- sullow
Coordinate terms
- (to corrupt or damage): besmirch, debase, stain, tarnish
Derived terms
- besully
- unsullied
- unsully
Translations
Noun
sully (plural sullies)
- (rare, obsolete) A blemish.
References
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