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Grubby vs Dingy - What's the difference?

grubby | dingy |

As adjectives the difference between grubby and dingy

is that grubby is dirty, unwashed, unclean while dingy is drab; shabby; dirty; squalid.

As nouns the difference between grubby and dingy

is that grubby is (us|dialect) any species of cottus ; a sculpin while dingy is penis or dingy can be .

grubby

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
    • He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.
  • Having grubs in it.

    • Noun

    (grubbies)
  • (US, dialect) Any species of Cottus ; a sculpin.

    • dingy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From English dialectal (Kentish) . http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dingy&searchmode=none

    Adjective

    (er)
  • drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
    • Synonyms
    * (drab) dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimy
    Antonyms
    * (drab) bright, clean
    Derived terms
    * dingily * dinginess

    Noun

    (head)
  • (rfv-sense) Penis.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dingies)
    • (Charles Dickens)

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