different between vaccinate vs contaminate

English

Etymology

From vaccine +? -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væks?ne?t/
• Hyphenation: vac?ci?nate

Verb

vaccinate (third-person singular simple present vaccinates, present participle vaccinating, simple past and past participle vaccinated)

1. Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
   • 1933, Groucho Marx, Duck Soup (movie)

     You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!

Related terms

• unvaccinated
• vaccination
• vaccine

Derived terms

• vaccinator

Translations

Italian

Verb

vaccinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vaccinare
2. second-person plural imperative of vaccinare
3. feminine plural of vaccinato

Anagrams

• accentavi

Latin

Adjective

vacc?n?te

1. vocative masculine singular of vacc?n?tus

English

Etymology

From Old French contaminer, from Latin contaminare (“to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile”), from contamen (“contact, defilement, contagion”), related to tangere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?tæm?ne?t/

Verb

contaminate (third-person singular simple present contaminates, present participle contaminating, simple past and past participle contaminated)

1. (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

2. (transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
   • I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated.
3. (transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.

4. To infect, often with bad objects

Related terms

• contaminable
• contamination
• contaminative

Translations

Further reading

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

Italian

Verb

contaminate

1. second-person plural present of contaminare
2. second-person plural imperative of contaminare
3. feminine plural past participle of contaminare

Latin

Verb

cont?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cont?min?