different between putrescent vs putrefy

English

Etymology

Attested since circa 1730, from Latin p?tr?sc?ns (“rotting”), present participle of p?tr?sc? (“rot”).

Adjective

putrescent (comparative more putrescent, superlative most putrescent)

1. Becoming putrid; putrefying.

Latin

Verb

putr?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of putr?sc?

Romanian

Etymology

From French putrescent

Adjective

putrescent m or n (feminine singular putrescent?, masculine plural putrescen?i, feminine and neuter plural putrescente)

1. putrescent

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• putrify

Etymology

From Middle French putréfier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pjut??fa?/

Verb

putrefy (third-person singular simple present putrefies, present participle putrefying, simple past and past participle putrefied)

1. To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
2. To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
3. To become gangrenous.
4. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous.

   to putrefy an ulcer or wound

5. To corrupt; to make foul.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Suitors

     Private suits do putrefy the public good.

Synonyms

• decay
• fester
• rot

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See also

• Gangrene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia