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Squalid vs Seedy - What's the difference?

squalid | seedy |

As adjectives the difference between squalid and seedy

is that squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant while seedy is disreputable, run-down, sleazy.

As a noun squalid

is any member of the Squalidae.

squalid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods

    seedy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • disreputable, run-down, sleazy.
    • The healing power of alcohol only works on scrapes and nicks; and not on girls in seedy bars who drown themselves in it. (from "Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem" by Bayside)
  • full of seeds.
    • pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
  • untidy; unkempt
    • His seedy , dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
  • infirm; gone to seed.
    • With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
  • suffering the effects of a hangover
    • After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy .
  • (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.

    • Derived terms

    * seedy toe

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