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Grime vs Grunge - What's the difference?

grime | grunge |

As nouns the difference between grime and grunge

is that grime is dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove while grunge is dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.

As a verb grime

is to begrime; to cake with dirt.

As a proper noun Grime

is {{surname|A=An|English}}, probably derived from Old Norse grimr or grimmr

grime

English

(wikipedia grime)

Noun

(-)
  • Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=14 citation , passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.  Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime .}}
  • (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

    • Related terms

    * grimy (pos a)

    Verb

    (grim)
  • To begrime; to cake with dirt
  • * {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Edwin Waugh, title=Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1920, author=Harold Bindloss, title=Lister's Great Adventure, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1918, author=Harold Bindloss, title=The Buccaneer Farmer, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=His skin was grimed with dust, for he had ridden hard in scorching heat, and was anxious and impatient to get on.}} ----

    grunge

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.
  • :''The cinema floor was covered in grunge deposited by the crowds.
  • (informal) The state of being filthy; grubbiness.
  • :''Chad used to work as a coal miner, but couldn't handle the constant grunge .
  • A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal.
  • :''Alice liked to wear plaids and ripped jeans, and listen to grunge .

    • Derived terms

    * postgrunge