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Grunge vs Crouch - What's the difference?

grunge | crouch |

As nouns the difference between grunge and crouch

is that grunge is (informal) dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean while crouch is (obsolete) a cross or crouch can be a bent or stooped position.

As a verb crouch is

(obsolete) to sign with the cross; bless or crouch can be to bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.

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

    crouch

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) crouche, cruche, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A cross.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) crouchen, crucchen, . More at (l).

    Verb

  • To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
    • We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
    • Archer and Jacob jumped up from behind the mound where they had been crouching with the intention of springing upon their mother unexpectedly, and they all began to walk slowly home.
  • To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
  • * Wordsworth
    • a crouching purpose
  • * Shakespeare
    • Must I stand and crouch / Under your testy humour?
  • To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A bent or stooped position.
    • The cat waited in a crouch , hidden behind the hedge.
  • A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to crouch.