Smudge vs Dirty - What's the difference?
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A blemish; a smear.
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
(US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
To soil or smear with dirt.
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
To stifle or smother with smoke.
(North American Indigenous) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual.
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.
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To make (something) dirty.
To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
To become soiled.
As verbs the difference between smudge and dirty
is that smudge is to obscure by blurring; to smear while dirty is to make (something) dirty.As a noun smudge
is a blemish; a smear.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.smudge
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- There was a smudge on the paper.
- (Grose)
- (Bartlett)
Synonyms
* blur, smear, stainEtymology 2
From (etyl) smogen.Verb
(smudg)Synonyms
* (to obscure by blurring) blur, smear * (to soil or smear with dirt) smutch, soil * (to use smoke against insects) fumigateAnagrams
*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.