taint vs contaminate

0In many cases, especially when talking about food. You couldn't use it for environmental contamination, like soil or groundwater.0-

0 00Tainted - has a lesser degree in meaning. We can say one has a 01b00tainted02b00 00reputation, meaning blemishes in characters.02br
00Contamination -is applied to a more serious context, such as water supply, atmosphere i.e. H5N1 virus could be transmitted to humans through contacts or exposure to virus-contaminated fowls 0-

0Thanks, GG and Goodman.02br
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00Goodman, I like your examples. Thanks a lot.0-

0 Contaminated is a word used for describing an impure non-living thing. Taint is used for describing a slur on a person. 0-

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01cite10Neeraj Jain12cite11b10Contaminated is a word used for describing an impure non-living thing. Taint is used for describing a slur on a person.12b12br
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10Hi Neeraj,02br
00Can you be a little more specific for the forum? 0-

0 Hi Goodman,02br
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00Non-living thing:02br
00The water in this locality is contaminated.02br
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00Slur:02br
00All tainted ministers should be forced to resign. 0-

0 I'd say tainted is very slightly contaminated.02br
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00Example - cooking the pudding in the same oven as the fish has tainted it. (it tastes slightly fishy).0-

0It's common to talk about food being tainted. Because we have had an issue with salmonella (sp?) and tomatoes in the US recently, you'll get a lot of hits for "tainted tomoatoes" in Google right now.0-

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01cite10Neeraj Jain12cite10Hi Goodman,12br
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10Non-living thing:12br
10The water in this locality is contaminated.10I'll buy this10 -11b12img12b12br
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10Slur:12br
10All 10tainted

0 Thanks Goodman for correcting me. In India, we do not use tainted for non-living things. 0-