Greasy vs Filthy - What's the difference?
greasy | filthy |
Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
* Shakespeare
Containing a lot of grease or fat.
* 2010 , Gavin Hoffen, Dandelion (page 3)
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 3
, author=Felicity Cloake
, title=How to cook perfect garlic bread
, work=the Guardian
(slang) detestable, unethical.
* {{quote-news
, year=2004
, month=April 25
, title=Trailer Park Boys epsiode "Rub N Tiz'zug"
''Bubbles: Aw, that's greasy .}} (obsolete) fat, bulky
(obsolete) gross; indelicate; indecent
(of a horse) Afflicted with the disease called grease.
Covered with filth; very dirty.
Obscene or offensive.
Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
As adjectives the difference between greasy and filthy
is that greasy is having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease while filthy is covered with filth; very dirty.greasy
English
Adjective
(er)- a greasy mineral
- With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.
- With a skin full of alcohol and a probable overwhelming desire for a greasy kebab, I had evidently got myself into such a state that I was unable to locate the correct door to the fast food shop.
citation, page= , passage=Nigel and Richard Bertinet go for butter. Jamie and Nigella both opt for olive oil, and Garten uses a mixture, spreading the bread generously with butter, then topping it with garlic and herbs in olive oil. Oil, to my taste, simply makes the bread seem greasy : it's great for dipping, but it doesn't seem to soak into the bread in the same way as butter – I've probably just got hopelessly rich Anglo-Saxon tastes, but for me, it's butter all the way.}}
citation, passage=Julian:'' We're gonna fill the trailers up with furniture all right, boys, but we're gonna rent them out by the hour.
''Bubbles: Aw, that's greasy .}}
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