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Grubby vs Grabby - What's the difference?

grubby | grabby |

As adjectives the difference between grubby and grabby

is that grubby is dirty, unwashed, unclean while grabby is tending to grab especially rudely or needily.

As a noun grubby

is any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

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.

    • grabby

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • tending to grab especially rudely or needily

    • Derived terms

    * grabbiness