Difference between Contaminate and Pollute

CONTAMINATE vs POLLUTE: NOUN

Make impure
To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
To corrupt or profane

To expose to or permeate with radioactivity.
To influence the semantic properties or phonological form of (a word or phrase); blend with.
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture.

To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.
To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse.
To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt.
To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors.
To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. : contaminate.

To render impure by mixture or contact; defile; pollute; sully; tarnish; taint; corrupt: usually in a figurative sense.
Synonyms To infect, poison, corrupt. See taint.
Contaminated; polluted; defiled; tainted; corrupt.

Polluted; defiled.
To corrupt or defile in a moral sense; destroy the perfection or purity of; impair; profane.
Specifically, to render legally or ceremonially unclean, so as to be unfit for sacred services or uses.
To violate sexually; debauch or dishonor.
To make foul or unclean; render impure; defile; soil; taint.

Disinfect, Befoul, Corrode, Decontaminate, Enter, Spread, Pollution, Spoil, Affect, Poison, Polluted, Taint, Infect, Foul, Pollute

Defedation, Conspurcate, Waste, Desecrate, Defile, Degrade, Despoil, Befoul, Litter, Spoil, Sully, Pollutant, Pollutants, Foul, Contaminate

Defile, Ingest, Disinfect, Befoul, Enter, Spread, Pollution, Spoil, Affect, Poison, Polluted, Taint, Infect, Foul, Pollute

Inquinate, Defedation, Conspurcate, Waste, Desecrate, Defile, Despoil, Befoul, Litter, Spoil, Sully, Pollutant, Pollutants, Foul, Contaminate

Information that could potentially contaminate a jury pool.
Implicitly contaminate all physicians to take the blood.
Contaminate the jury and cause a new trial.
Do not contaminate water by disposal of wastes.
This can potentially contaminate or damage your connector.
MARCH It is an offence to contaminate food.
The Safe Drinking Water Act affects projects that may contaminate aquifer recharge zones and controls underground injections that may contaminate drinking water supplies.
Your bag may be dirty and it may contaminate eating surfaces and consequently contaminate food.
So, the fear of kind of you know, what if I get germs and contaminate other people or contaminate myself.
Maximum CONTAMINATE SENSITIVITY: Contaminate sensitivity filter is enabled by default.

Buried chemical waste can also pollute water supplies.
PCBs that pollute our gourmet fish supply today.
SYN: Seduce, corrupt, ravish, violate, pollute, defile, vitiate.
This could heavily pollute your case without one.
Shell and BP continuing to pollute his waters.
What will happen if we pollute the oceans?
They live near chemical plants that in fact, pollute, chemical plants and oil plants and refineries that pollute.
The most apparent drawback is the rich will pollute more while the poor will pollute less.
Companies that pollute under the cap can sell their credits to entities that pollute more.
Companies that pollute under the cap can sell credits to entities that pollute more.