What’s the difference between being corrupt and corrupted?

A corrupt person is bad. A corrupted person is someone who was once good who has become bad. Being corrupted is the process of going from good to bad.

They’re almost the same but corrupted implies someone or something made them corrupt, corrupt is a state of being

If someone has been "corrupted" that implies that they were/are being corrupted by something or someone external to themselves. If someone is corrupt then that is a statement about their character. Someone might say "This politician is corrupt." Or they could say "This politician has been corrupted by the power of the office."

Being corrupt usually applies to the subject performing the corruption. Corrupted applies to the subject receiving the corruption. The team owner is being corrupt. He paid off the refs and corrupted the entire tournament.

Corrupt is usually used in situations dealing with government or organization. A corrupt official is someone who uses their position to their own benefit rather than to benefit the organization. A corrupt organization is one that is full of and accepts corrupt officials. Corrupted is usually used when talking about something that has negatively changed due to outside influence. A corrupted hard drive has been damaged in some way, and the data on it is no longer usable. You could also say "The child has been corrupted by the internet" if their internet access has made them worse.

Corrupt is both an adjective and a verb. As an adjective it generally means that someone uses the power of their position to gain wealth and influence that is immoral or illegal to obtain. Corrupted is often used to describe something becoming tainted or made less pure. It is not an commonly used as an adjective, it's more often a tense of 'corrupt' the verb. It's not used super commonly outside of moral descriptions or technology/computing.

"He is corrupt": roughly, he is abusing his authority; he was given a responsibility and the power specifically to fulfill that responsibility, but instead uses the power for personal benefit, usually only partially fulfilling whatever task he was meant to do. "He has been corrupted": he has been made less virtuous by an outside force, which might mean that he has become corrupt, but it could potentially mean instead that he has been peer pressured into vaping and getting tattoos, as corruption (the act of corrupting someone) is much more broad than corruption (the abuse of authority). That's about as best I can explain it right now. Definitely don't rely on just this comment if possible.

Being corrupt implies that's it's by nature. Being corrupted is something that happens to you.

'corrupt' is describing them as they are. 'corrupted' refers to them have changed for the worse. \--- "The Chancellor doesn't appear to be corrupt." means that they aren't corrupt right now. Since Chancellor is a political position, it would mean you think they aren't taking bribes and so on. "The Chancellor doesn't appear to have been corrupted." means that there was something that risked corrupting the Chancellor (maybe blackmail, or in this case, supernatural mind-altering powers), but the Chancellor hasn't given into that evil (yet?).

Palpatine was corrupt. Anakin was corrupted.

Corrupt is a descriptor of what they are. Corrupted is a descriptor of what happened to them. They are frequently interchangable in normal conversation.

"Corrupt" is an adjective here, while "corrupted" is a verb (past-tense). While "corrupt" is an adjective in this case, it can also be used as a verb. "I will corrupt that innocent boy if I keep speaking in such a vulgar manner" (verb usage). As for meanings, "corrupt" as an adjective is acting dishonestly for financial/personal gain, while "corrupt" as a verb is to cause change in someone/something in a way that is worse somehow (see above example sentence), or to cause change in someone in a way that makes them become dishonest for financial/personal gain. Not related to this context, but "corrupt" can also be used to refer to messed up computer files. "Your system files are corrupted".

Initiative, I suppose? A corrupt person is active, a corrupted person was acted-upon.

Usually, being corrupt means to engage in behavior that is immoral or illegal while occupying some sort of powerful position. Think of politicians who engage in bribery, for example. Corrupted means, well, to be corrupted by something. This takes the more 'standard' meaning of the word. This usually means being altered or damaged significantly. In a fantasy setting, this might mean being possessed by an evil spirit or virus, and becoming evil as a result. For a real life example, digital files can be corrupted, which means they are unable to be opened and used.

The adjective "corrupt" refers to a politician that takes bribes. The verb "to corrupt" means to distort, ruin, or lead off from the right path. Something that is being "corrupted" is undergoing that.

"The Chancellor doesn't appear to be corrupt" - active voice "The Chancellor doesn't appear to have been corrupted." - passive voice Your answer is in the difference between these constructions. In the former, the agent of the verb is the subject. In the latter, the agent of the verb is, in this case, unknown. If the agent were known, how would it be written syntactically?

someone is corrupted when something causes them to go from not corrupt to corrupt a computer or computer file can also be said to be corrupted when it becomes no longer functional

It is somewhat similar to the difference poison and poisoned. You wouldn't want to drink poisoned or something that has been poisoned, both will kill you, but there is nuance that poison will always hurt you, but something that has been poisoned only became harmful after poison was added to it. The same applies to being corrupt versus being corrupted, the end result is the same either way, but there is a moral judgement being applied on whether the person (or institution) has always been harmful or if they only became harmful after being altered by outside influences.

Someone who has been corrupted is now corrupt. That is to say "corrupted" implies you were changed from good to bad. Corrupt just describes you as you are.

"Corrupt" is an adjective. "Corrupted" is a past participle. You can say "He is corrupt" but it's odd to say "He is corrupted". The verb needs to be past tense for that to make sense. "He was corrupted" or "He had been corrupted".

Present vs past tense. He is corrupt vs he was corrupted.

Corrupt - present tense, has completed the process of being corrupted. Corrupted - describes how the process went or what the source of the corruption is. Also used to describe past tense of the process. Often followed with the word “by” as in “corrupted by.” He is corrupt. He has been corrupted.

Corrupt is the verb, while Corrupted is the past tense and past participle of that verb. "Someone is considered corrupt because they were corrupted"

They can both be used. "This politician is corrupt" can mean the same thing as "This politician is corrupted". I will note that "corrupted" is often used in fantasy settings to refer to something being possessed, or controlled, or sick with some disease, whereas "corrupt" is more common in political/real life sense, in my experience.