smut vs taint

smut and taint both are nouns.

smut and taint both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smut	Yes	No	Yes	No
taint	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, taint is a hypernym of smut; that is, taint is a word with a broader meaning than smut:

smut: affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
taint: contaminate with a disease or microorganism

Other hypernyms of smut include infect.

smut (noun)	taint (noun)
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire	the state of being contaminated
an offensive or indecent word or phrase
any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

smut (verb)	taint (verb)
affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn	contaminate with a disease or microorganism
stain with a dirty substance, such as soot	place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
become affected with smut
make obscene

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