Grunge vs Grange - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between grunge and grange

is that grunge is dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean while grange is a farm, especially that of a gentleman farmer.

(usually, with "The") National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association of farmers.

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(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 .

* postgrunge

(wikipedia grange)

(en noun)

(British) A farm, especially that of a gentleman farmer.

* ~1603 , William Shakespeare, ''Othello, Act I, scene I, line 120:

What tell'st thou me of robbing? / This is Venice. My house is not a grange .

Outlying land belonging to a monastery.

(archaic) A granary.

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