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Crude vs Shameful - What's the difference?

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Crude is a related term of shameful.


As adjectives the difference between crude and shameful

is that crude is being in a natural state while shameful is causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful.

As a noun crude

is any substance in its natural state.

crude

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Being in a natural state.
  • crude oil
  • Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
  • a crude shelter
  • Lacking concealing elements.
  • a crude truth
  • Lacking tact or taste.
  • a crude remark
  • (statistics) Being in an unanalyzed form.
  • crude data
  • (archaic) Immature or unripe.
  • (lb) pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word
  • Synonyms

    * (being in a natural state) raw, unrefined, unprocessed * (characterized by simplicity) primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary * (lacking concealing elements) obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised * (lacking tact or taste) blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar * raw * See'' immature''' ''or'' ' unripe * See also

    Antonyms

    * (being in a natural state) refined, processed

    Derived terms

    * crudeness * crude oil * crude material * crude form/crudeform

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance in its natural state.
  • Crude oil.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Yesterday’s fuel , passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).}}

    Derived terms

    * syncrude

    Anagrams

    * ----

    shameful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
  • giving offense
  • Derived terms

    * shamefully * shamefulness