Contamination vs. Pollution

Contaminationnoun

The act or process of contaminating

Contaminationnoun

Something which contaminates.

Contaminationnoun

(linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.

Contaminationnoun

The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.

Contaminationnoun

The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

Contaminationnoun

The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

Contaminationnoun

the state of being contaminated

Contaminationnoun

a substance that contaminates

Contaminationnoun

the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors

Contamination

Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that spoils, corrupts, infects, makes unfit, or makes inferior a material, physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc.

Pollutionnoun

The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation.

Pollutionnoun

The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission.

Pollutionnoun

Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.

Pollutionnoun

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.

Pollutionnoun

Something that pollutes; a pollutant.

Pollutionnoun

The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.

Pollutionnoun

The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse.

Pollutionnoun

undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

Pollutionnoun

the state of being polluted

Pollutionnoun

the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat, or light.