Dirty vs Profane - What's the difference?
dirty | profane |
Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
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That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
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, title= 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
* (Douglas Adams),
To make (something) dirty.
To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
To become soiled.
Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
* Sir Walter Raleigh
Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
* I. Disraeli
* Gibbon
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; blasphemous, impious. Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue.
* Bible, 1 Timothy 1:9
A person or thing that is profane.
* 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 244:
(freemasonry) A person not a Mason.
To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
* 1851 ,
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
As verbs the difference between dirty and profane
is that dirty is to make (something) dirty while profane is .As an adjective dirty
is unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.As an adverb dirty
is in a dirty manner.dirty
English
Adjective
(er)The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable.
- Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
- 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, muddyAntonyms
* (covered with or containing dirt) clean * (violating accepted standards or rules) sportsmanlike * bright, pureDerived 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 dirtySynonyms
* (in a dirty manner) deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedlyDerived terms
* talk dirtyVerb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* (to make dirty) soil, taint; see also * (to stain or tarnish with dishonor) sullyprofane
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.
- profane authors
- The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.
- a profane person, word, oath, or tongue
Synonyms
* (obscene) vulgar, inappropriate, obscene, debased, uncouth, offensive, ignoble, mean, lewd * secular * temporal * worldly * unsanctified * unhallowed * unholy * irreligious * irreverent * ungodly * wicked * godless * impiousAntonyms
* holy * sacredNoun
(en noun)- The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted.
Verb
(profan)- With one mind, their intent eyes all fastened upon the old man’s knife, as he carved the chief dish before him. I do not suppose that for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather.
