Hi, would you please help me understand the difference between "pollution" and "pollutant"? For example why in this sentence I can't write "pollution"? "Modern industry has caused damage to our natur

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Hi, would you please help me understand the difference between "pollution" and "pollutant"? For example why in this sentence I can't write "pollution"? "Modern industry has caused damage to our natural environment. The air and water are filled with *pollutants*"

Sep 24, 2021 5:42 PM

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Pollutant is a substance that makes pollution. In other words, pollution is the effect of a pollutant!

September 24, 2021

Pollution is a general word, and pollutant means something exact, for a example “carbon dioxide is an air pollutant” or “plastic is a pollutant”.

September 24, 2021

Pollution is the introduction of a harmful substance which has harmful effects into the environment. Pullutants is a substance that pollutes something especially water or the atmosphere

September 24, 2021

چون pollution یعنی آلودگی یا همون آلایندگی و یه لغت کلی هستش. اما pollutants یعنی آلاینده ها(مواد آلوده کننده) و اگه قراره در ادامه ی مطلبتون از چند ماده ی خاص نام ببرید، باید از آلاینده استفاده کنید. جمله تون با pollutants اینجوری میشه که آب و هوا مملو از مواد آلاینده ست و این جمله علمی تر از اینه که بخواید مثل جملات روزمره بگید آب و هوا پر از آلودگی ست.

September 24, 2021

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