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Dusty vs Grimy - What's the difference?

dusty | grimy |

As adjectives the difference between dusty and grimy

is that dusty is covered with dust while grimy is stained, or covered with grime.

As a proper noun Dusty

is a given name, diminutive of Dustin.

dusty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered with dust.
  • powdery and resembling dust
  • gray/grey in parts

    • Derived terms

    * dusty miller

    Anagrams

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    grimy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Stained, or covered with grime.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
  • (music) From the urban musical genre called grime.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=November 27, work=BBC
    • , title= Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has 'best guitar riff' , passage=Riffs from older songs seem to be more popular, as only two from the past decade made it into the top 20. They were Muse's Plug In Baby, at 11, and The White Stripes' grimy Seven Nation Army at 15. }}