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Grassroots vs Astroturf - What's the difference?

grassroots | astroturf |

As adjectives the difference between grassroots and astroturf

is that grassroots is of, or relating to people or society at the local level; of the grass roots while Astroturf is of a group created by a larger organisation (especially a corporation or political party), but presenting itself as a grassroots organisation.

As a noun AstroTurf is

a synthetic material used in sports grounds as a durable substitute for grass.

As a verb astroturf is

an alternative spelling of Astroturf|lang=en.

grassroots

English

Alternative forms

* grass-roots

Adjective

(head)
  • Of, or relating to people or society at the local level; of the grass roots

    • Antonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * grassroots democracy

    See also

    * grass roots

    astroturf

    English

    (wikipedia AstroTurf)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A synthetic material used in sports grounds as a durable substitute for grass.

    • Related terms

    * artificial turf * astroturfing