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Greasy vs Greaseburger - What's the difference?

greasy | greaseburger |

In slang|lang=en terms the difference between greasy and greaseburger

is that greasy is (slang) detestable, unethical while greaseburger is (slang) a greasy hamburger.

As an adjective greasy

is having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.

As a noun greaseburger is

(slang) a greasy hamburger.

greasy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
    • a greasy mineral
  • * Shakespeare
    • With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.
  • Containing a lot of grease or fat.
  • * 2010 , Gavin Hoffen, Dandelion (page 3)
    • 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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 3 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook perfect garlic bread , work=the Guardian 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.}}
  • (slang) detestable, unethical.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2004 , month=April 25 , title=Trailer Park Boys epsiode "Rub N Tiz'zug" 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 .}}
  • (obsolete) fat, bulky
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) gross; indelicate; indecent
    • (Marston)
  • (of a horse) Afflicted with the disease called grease.

    • Derived terms

    * greasy spoon

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    greaseburger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A greasy hamburger.
  • * 1997 , Rick Bass, The Lost Grizzlies (page 234)
    • We eat the double greaseburger at the Elkhorn in Pagosa Springs, and then stop just a few blocks away, at the hot springs.
  • * 1999 , Rod Davis, American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World (page 145)
    • I got back to my motel tired, wet and hungry. Talking to Miss Maidie had deterred me from grabbing a quick greaseburger en route.
  • * 2003 , Maury Dean, Rock 'n' roll: Gold rush: a singles un-encyclopedia (page 19)
    • Life on the road for the Blues or Jazz musician, huddled in frozen bus stops, and eating raw greaseburgers washed down with stale beer, is not the ideal health regimen.