Pure vs. Pristine — What's the Difference?

Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed

In its original condition; unspoilt

Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements

Remaining in a pure state, without human alteration

Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous

Remaining free from dirt or decay; clean

Complete; utter

Of, relating to, or typical of the earliest time or condition; primitive or original.

Having no moral failing or guilt

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

Chaste; virgin.

Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.

Of unmixed blood or ancestry.

Perfect.

(Genetics) Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous

Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.

(Music) Free from discordant qualities

Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.

(Linguistics) Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal

Completely free from dirt or contamination;

Theoretical; not applied

Immaculately clean and unused;

(Philosophy) Free of empirical elements

Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.

Free of foreign material or pollutants.

Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.

Mere; that and that only.

(of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.

(phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

(of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.

A lot of.

To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

(golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately

To cleanse; to refine.

One who, or that which, is pure.

Alternative form of puer

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.

Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; - applied to persons.

Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; - applied to things and actions.

Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.

Of a single, simple sound or tone; - said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

Free of extraneous elements of any kind;

Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied;

(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black

Free from discordant qualities

Used of persons or behaviors; having no faults; sinless;

In a state of sexual virginity;

Not mixed;