Pure vs. True

Pure vs. True — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pure and True

Pureadjective

Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.

Trueadjective

(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.

This is a true story.

Pureadjective

Free of foreign material or pollutants.

Trueadjective

Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.

a true copy;a true likeness of the original

Pureadjective

Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.

Trueadjective

(logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.

"A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.
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Pureadjective

Mere; that and that only.

That idea is pure madness!

Trueadjective

Loyal, faithful.

He’s turned out to be a true friend.

Pureadjective

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

Trueadjective

Genuine.

This is true Parmesan cheese.

Pureadjective

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

Trueadjective

Legitimate.

The true king has returned!
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Pureadjective

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

Trueadjective

Accurate; following a path toward the target.

Pureadverb

(Liverpool) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

You’re pure busy.

Trueadjective

Fair, unbiased, not loaded.

Purenoun

Feces, especially dog feces gathered in pre-20th-century England for use in the tanning of leather.

Trueadverb

(of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.

this gun shoots true

Purenoun

alternative form of puer

Truenoun

(uncountable) The state of being in alignment.

Pureverb

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

Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.

Truenoun

Truth.

Pureadjective

free of extraneous elements of any kind;

pure air and waterpure goldpure primary colorsthe violin's pure and lovely songpure tones

Truenoun

A pledge or truce.

Pureadjective

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

an arrant foola complete cowarda consummate foola double-dyed villaingross negligencea perfect idiotpure follywhat a sodding messstark staring mada thoroughgoing villainutter nonsense

Trueverb

To straighten.

He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.

Pureadjective

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

pure science

Trueverb

To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.

We spent all night truing up the report.

Pureadjective

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

Truenoun

proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment;

out of true

Pureadjective

free from discordant qualities

Trueverb

make level, square, balanced, or concentric;

true up the cylinder of an engine

Pureadjective

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

I felt pure and sweet as a new babypure as the driven snow

Trueadjective

consistent with fact or reality; not false;

the story is trueit is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it truethe true meaning of the statement

Pureadjective

in a state of sexual virginity;

pure and vestal modestya spinster or virgin ladymen have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal

Trueadjective

not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin;

real minktrue gold

Pureadjective

not mixed;

pure oxygen

Trueadjective

conforming to definitive criteria;

the horseshoe crab is not a true crabPythagoras was the first true mathematician

Trueadjective

accurately placed or thrown;

his aim was truehe was dead on target

Trueadjective

devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth;

true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them

Trueadjective

expressing or given to expressing the truth;

a true statementgave truthful testimonya truthful person

Trueadjective

worthy of being depended on;

a dependable workeran honest working stiffa reliable source of informationhe was true to his wordI would be true for there are those who trust me

Trueadjective

not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed;

genuine emotionher interest in people was unfeignedtrue grief

Trueadjective

rightly so called;

true couragea spirit which true men have always admireda true friend

Trueadjective

determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles;

true north is geographic north

Trueadjective

having a legally established claim;

the legitimate heirthe true and lawful king

Trueadjective

in tune; accurate in pitch;

a true note

Trueadjective

accurately fitted; level;

the window frame isn't quite true

Trueadjective

reliable as a basis for action;

a true prophesy

Trueadverb

as acknowledged;

true, she is the smartest in her class