Contaminate vs. Contaminant

Contaminateverb

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

Contaminateverb

(transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.

Contaminateverb

(transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.

Contaminateverb

To infect, often with bad objects

Contaminateverb

To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.

Contaminateadjective

Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.

Contaminateverb

make impure;

Contaminateverb

make radioactive by adding radioactive material;

Contaminantnoun

That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

Contaminantnoun

a substance that contaminates