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Alternative vs Grebo - What's the difference?

alternative | grebo |

As nouns the difference between alternative and grebo

is that alternative is a situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities while grebo is a greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.

As an adjective alternative

is relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.

alternative

English

(wikipedia alternative)

Adjective

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  • Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
    • an alternative proposition
  • Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle, (alternative rock)).
  • Other.
  • alternate; reciprocal
    • (Holland)

    Derived terms

    * alternative dispute resolution * alternative energy * alternative lifestyle * alternative medicine * alternative press * alternative vote

    Related terms

    * alternate * alternativeness * alternativism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XI:
    • ‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’
  • One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
  • The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

    • Synonyms

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    grebo

    English

    Alternative forms

    * greebo

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, UK, predominantly West Midlands) A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.
  • *1998 , "Bill Jillians", alt.journalism.gonzo (Internet newsgroup)
  • *:The highlight of my school days was one day in the mid-70s. There was a sort of glam-rock cult called the Grebos back then who wore smartish Disco clothes...
  • *2002 , Glyn Brown, Baxter Dury: Chip off the old Blockhead'' (''The Independent on Sunday )
  • *:But the realistic side stepped in — y'know, if you're on the point of giving birth, you don't really need a bunch of grebos playing some dodgy old music downstairs.
  • (slang, UK) A member of a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated with garage rock and electronica, typically wearing baggy clothes and hair in high ponytails.
  • *1995 , Colin Larkin, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
  • *:...they were soon pigeonholed under the banner of "grebo rock"...
  • *2002 , Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock
  • *:...focused on the hyper punk aspect of England's "grebo" movement...
  • *2003 , Peter Buckley, Jonathan Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock
  • *:This debut album is a glorious grebo -fest.