Smear vs Grease - What's the difference?
smear | grease |
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
To become spread by smearing.
To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
A mark made by smearing.
(medicine) A Pap smear.
A false attack.
A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
A rough glissando in jazz music.
Animal fat in a melted or soft state
(extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
Shorn but not yet cleansed wool
Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
(informal) To bribe.
* Dryden
* {{quote-book, 2008, title=With Lyon in Missouri, author=Byron Archibald Dunn
, passage=Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.}}
* {{quote-book, 2009, title=GOG - an End Time Mystery, author=Dan Richardson
, passage=His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.}}
(transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
(slang) To kill, murder.
(obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
In transitive terms the difference between smear and grease
is that smear is to damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions while grease is to put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.smear
English
Verb
(en verb)- The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
- She smeared her lips with lipstick.
- ''The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.
- The paint is still wet — don't touch it or it will smear .
Synonyms
* spread * (have a substance smeared on) coat, cover, layerDerived terms
* smearerNoun
(en noun)- This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears .
- I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear .
Synonyms
* (mark) streak * (Pap smear) Pap smear, Pap testDerived terms
* cervical smear * smear campaign * smear caseAnagrams
* * * * English ergative verbsgrease
English
(wikipedia grease)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (animal fat) fat, lardDerived terms
* dirty grease * elbow grease * grease-box * grease bush * grease gun / grease-gun * grease-monkey * grease moth * grease nipple * greasepaint / grease-paint * grease payment * greaseproof * greasewood * greasiness * greasy * the squeaky wheel gets the grease * greaseballVerb
(greas)- the greased advocate that grinds the poor
- ''To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
- Fat cats who can't be greased by the mob's money are greased the hard way.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
