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Mingei vs Minger - What's the difference?

mingei | minger |

As nouns the difference between mingei and minger

is that mingei is a japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items while minger is (british|slang|offensive) an unattractive person (of either sex).

mingei

English

(wikipedia mingei)

Noun

(-)
  • A Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 23, author=William L. Hamilton, title=Tatsuzo Shimaoka, 88, Master of Pottery, Is Dead, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=He studied industrial ceramics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, inspired by a visit to the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1938, where he encountered mingei philosophy, and its objects, for the first time. }}

    minger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang, offensive) An unattractive person (of either sex).
  • She's a minger !

    References

    Synonyms
    * munter * ugly duckling