What's the difference between unspotted and unsullied?

Unspotted


Definition:

  • (a.) Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Van Bommel's crunch on Iniesta 12 minutes from time was just as savage, though went unspotted by referee or assistants.

Unsullied


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Hall of Ice and Jade – named after the saying "as pure as jade, as unsullied as ice" – was built to shelter these women in old age, although it is now a museum.
  • (2) As if that weren't enough, Daenerys Targaryen, accompanied by her menacing trio of dragons and army of Unsullied, is poised to liberate Meereen, the largest city in Slaver's Bay, which could ultimately provide her with enough ships to sail to Westeros and reclaim the Iron Throne."
  • (3) Shinto gives him a direct link to pure Japaneseness, unsullied by association with dominant powers and their alien traditions.” Japan’s foreign ministry confirmed this week that G7 leaders will take time out of their discussions to visit Ise Jingu.
  • (4) The idea that the NHS currently stands apart from all this – pure, unsullied, impervious to the evil blandishments of hard-headed business – the one institution that stands single-handedly between ourselves and our preventable deaths, is utterly fallacious.
  • (5) The Co-operative Bank, one of the few unsullied by the latest scandal, has seen a 25% increase in online applications week on week.
  • (6) For those sweet souls out there whose minds have remained unsullied by the flotsam and jetsam of the fashion world, I shall explain.
  • (7) Doubtless some of the Olympisceptics believe that they, unsullied by the Visa card Games, are the true idealists in a world corrupted by base commercialism and nationalistic bombast.
  • (8) Above all, he wants those he regards as his people to be unsullied by contact with inferior others.
  • (9) What many people seem to want is to be confirmed in their view that all of this is down to the personal wickedness of a single individual; arrest Blair, clap him in irons at The Hague, and everything will return to a state of primal, unsullied innocence.
  • (10) The man of principle leaves such grubby tasks to others, remaining unsullied by contact with the likes of Sky News.
  • (11) Until Labour gets over its Tony Blair problem, it will remain out of power – unsullied perhaps, but utterly impotent.

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