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Crass vs Brash - What's the difference?

crass | brash |

As adjectives the difference between crass and brash

is that crass is coarse; crude; not refined or sensible while brash is impetuous or rash.

As a noun brash is

leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.

crass

English

Adjective

(er)
  • coarse; crude; not refined or sensible
  • * 2002 , ,
    • You guys would rather be with someone else who’s equal to your status in life. Tiger Woods, or somebody. I comes across as crass , a Neanderthal, a babbling idiot sometimes. I like to show you that person. I like that person. [...]
  • materialistic
  • dense

    • Antonyms

    * delicate, sensible, refined

    Anagrams

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    brash

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • impetuous or rash
    • (Grose)
  • insensitive or tactless
  • impudent or shameless

    • Noun

  • Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
  • A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
  • (geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
    • (Lyell)
  • Broken fragments of ice.
    • (Kane)
    Derived terms
    * water brash * weaning brash

    Etymology 2

    Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
    • (Bartlett)
    (Webster 1913) ----