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Dirt vs Grunge - What's the difference?

dirt | grunge |

As nouns the difference between dirt and grunge

is that dirt is animal while grunge is (informal) dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.

dirt

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • soil or earth
  • A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance
  • Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person; gossip
    • The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
  • Meanness; sordidness.
  • * Melmoth
    • honours thrown away upon dirt and infamy
  • In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.

    • Derived terms

    * dirt bike * dirt nap * dirty * do someone dirt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty

    • grunge

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.
  • :''The cinema floor was covered in grunge deposited by the crowds.
  • (informal) The state of being filthy; grubbiness.
  • :''Chad used to work as a coal miner, but couldn't handle the constant grunge .
  • A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal.
  • :''Alice liked to wear plaids and ripped jeans, and listen to grunge .

    • Derived terms

    * postgrunge