Dirty vs Naughty - What's the difference?

Naughty is a synonym of dirty.

As adjectives the difference between dirty and naughty

is that dirty is unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime while naughty is evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

As an adverb dirty

is in a dirty manner.

As a verb dirty

is to make (something) dirty.

dirty

English

Adjective

(er)

Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.

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Corrupt, illegal, or improper.

Out of tune.

Of color, discolored by impurities.

(computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.

(slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.

(informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".

Sleety; gusty; stormy.

* M. Arnold

Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.

* (Douglas Adams),

Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.

Synonyms

* (covered with or containing dirt) filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed; see also * (violating accepted standards or rules) cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike * (obtained illegally or by improper means) ill-gotten * (considered morally corrupt) base, dishonest, dishonorable, filthy, despicable, lousy, mean, sordid, unethical, vile * (considered obscene or indecent) indecent, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious * dingy, dullish, muddied, muddy

Antonyms

* (covered with or containing dirt) clean * (violating accepted standards or rules) sportsmanlike * bright, pure

Derived terms

* dirtiness * dirty bomb * dirty code * dirty dance * dirty dancing * dirty girl * dirty grease * Dirty Harry * dirty joke * dirty laundry * dirty look * dirty magazine * dirty mouth * dirty old man * dirty rice * dirty Sanchez * dirty talk * dirty weather * dirty word * dirty work * dirty wound * do someone dirty * filthy dirty * quick-and-dirty * quick and dirty

Adverb

(en adverb)

In a dirty manner.

Synonyms

* (in a dirty manner) deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedly

Derived terms

* talk dirty

Verb

(en-verb)

To make (something) dirty.

To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).

To become soiled.

Synonyms

* (to make dirty) soil, taint; see also * (to stain or tarnish with dishonor) sully

naughty

English

Adjective

(er)

* 1623 , (William Shakespeare), First Folio, The Merchant of Venice :

So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :

Wholesome meats to a vitiated stomack differ little or nothing from unwholesome; and best books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occasions of evill.

* (rfdate) Udall:

Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts.

(obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.

* (rfdate) American King James Bible, Jeremiah 24:2:

One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.

Immoral]], sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, [[risqué, cheeky.

I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.

If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!

Synonyms

* dirty * (mischievous) mischievous

Antonyms

* nice

Derived terms

* naughtily * naughtiness * naughty bit