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Dirt vs Gunk - What's the difference?

dirt | gunk |

As nouns the difference between dirt and gunk

is that dirt is soil or earth while gunk is dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance.

As verbs the difference between dirt and gunk

is that dirt is to make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty while gunk is to soil or make dirty.

As an acronym DIRT

is Deposit Interest Retention Tax

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
  • gunk

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable, informal) dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance
  • I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.
  • (uncountable) A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.
  • (countable) A member of the gunk subculture.
  • Synonyms

    * goo * goop * gunge

    Derived terms

    * gunk up * degunking

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To soil or make dirty
  • Anagrams

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