corruption vs infection

infection vs corruption

corruption and infection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corruption	Yes	No	No	No
infection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, infection is a hyponym of corruption; that is, infection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than corruption:

corruption: lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
infection: moral corruption or contamination

Other hyponyms of corruption include venality, jobbery.

corruption (noun)	infection (noun)
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity	moral corruption or contamination
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)	(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain	the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles	an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)	(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
in a state of progressive putrefaction	(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
	the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

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