Pure vs. Unpure — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pure and Unpure
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Definitions
Pure
Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed
Pure oxygen.
Unpure
Not pure.
Pure
Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements
Pure water.
Unpure
Not pure; impure.
Pure
Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous
A pure style of piano playing.
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Pure
Complete; utter
Pure folly.
Pure
Having no moral failing or guilt
"I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" (Sylvia Plath).
Pure
Chaste; virgin.
Pure
Of unmixed blood or ancestry.
Pure
(Genetics) Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous
A pure line.
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Pure
(Music) Free from discordant qualities
Pure tones.
Pure
(Linguistics) Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal
A pure vowel.
Pure
Theoretical; not applied
Pure science.
Pure
(Philosophy) Free of empirical elements
Pure reason.
Pure
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
Pure
Free of foreign material or pollutants.
Pure
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
Pure
Mere; that and that only.
That idea is pure madness!
Pure
(of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
Pure
(phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Pure
(of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
Pure
A lot of.
Pure
To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
You’re pure busy.
Pure
(golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately
Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.
Pure
To cleanse; to refine.
Pure
One who, or that which, is pure.
Pure
Alternative form of puer
Pure
Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
The pure fetters on his shins great.
A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
Pure
Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; - applied to persons.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience.
Pure
Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; - applied to things and actions.
Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.
Pure
Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.
Pure
Of a single, simple sound or tone; - said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Pure
Free of extraneous elements of any kind;
Pure air and water
Pure gold
Pure primary colors
The violin's pure and lovely song
Pure tones
Pure
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
An arrant fool
A complete coward
A consummate fool
A double-dyed villain
Gross negligence
A perfect idiot
Pure folly
What a sodding mess
Stark staring mad
A thoroughgoing villain
Utter nonsense
Pure
Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied;
Pure science
Pure
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
Pure
Free from discordant qualities
Pure
Used of persons or behaviors; having no faults; sinless;
I felt pure and sweet as a new baby
Pure as the driven snow
Pure
In a state of sexual virginity;
Pure and vestal modesty
A spinster or virgin lady
Men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
Pure
Not mixed;
Pure oxygen
