Purist vs. Purest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Purist and Purest
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Purist
One who practices or urges strict correctness, especially in the use of words.
Purest
Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed
Pure oxygen.
Purist
Of or pertaining to purism.
Purest
Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements
Pure water.
Purist
An advocate of purism.
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Purest
Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous
A pure style of piano playing.
Purist
One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist.
Purest
Complete; utter
Pure folly.
Purist
One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.
Purest
Having no moral failing or guilt
"I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" (Sylvia Plath).
Purist
Someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
Purest
Chaste; virgin.
Purest
Of unmixed blood or ancestry.
Purest
(Genetics) Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous
A pure line.
Purest
(Music) Free from discordant qualities
Pure tones.
Purest
(Linguistics) Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal
A pure vowel.
Purest
Theoretical; not applied
Pure science.
Purest
(Philosophy) Free of empirical elements
Pure reason.
Purest
Having the greatest purity
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