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Ginge vs Gunge - What's the difference?

ginge | gunge |

As nouns the difference between ginge and gunge

is that ginge is a red-haired person while gunge is hump, hunchback.

As an adjective ginge

is (pejorative) shortened form of ginger, red-haired.

ginge

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (pejorative) shortened form of ginger, red-haired

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A red-haired person.
    • ----

    gunge

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (British) A soft, sticky mass; goo; gunk.
  • * (rfdate), New Scientist :
    • They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “gunge.”
  • * 1978 , A.S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden , Vintage International 1992, p.390:
    • Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?

    Derived terms

    * gungey/gungy

    Verb

    (gung)
  • To clog with gunge.
  • (British) To cover someone with gunge.

    • Synonyms

    * goo * goop * grunge * gunk * slime ----