Gooch vs. Taint

Gooch vs. Taint — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Gooch and Taint

Goochnoun

(slang) The perineum.

Taintnoun

A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

Goochverb

to blunder and bungle things up

Taintnoun

A tinge, trace or touch.

Taintnoun

A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.

Taintnoun

(obsolete) tincture; hue; colour.

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Taintnoun

(obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation.

Taintnoun

(programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

Taintnoun

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

Taintnoun

An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

Taintnoun

The perineum.

Taintverb

(transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

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Taintverb

(transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.

Taintverb

(intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.

Taintverb

(intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.

Meat soon taints in warm weather.

Taintverb

To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.

Taintverb

To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.

Taintverb

(transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.

Taintverb

(intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Taintnoun

the state of being contaminated

Taintverb

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

sully someone's reputation

Taintverb

contaminate with a disease or microorganism