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Stained vs Grimy - What's the difference?

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Stained is a related term of grimy.


As adjectives the difference between stained and grimy

is that stained is having a stain while grimy is stained, or covered with grime.

As a verb stained

is (stain).

stained

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a stain
  • coloured by adding a pigment

    • Derived terms

    * stained glass

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stain)

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    grimy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Stained, or covered with grime.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
  • (music) From the urban musical genre called grime.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=November 27, work=BBC
    • , title= Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child has 'best guitar riff' , passage=Riffs from older songs seem to be more popular, as only two from the past decade made it into the top 20. They were Muse's Plug In Baby, at 11, and The White Stripes' grimy Seven Nation Army at 15. }}