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bawdry vs smut

smut vs bawdry

bawdry and smut both are nouns.

bawdry is not a verb while smut is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bawdry Yes No No No
smut Yes No Yes No
As nouns, smut is a hypernym of bawdry; that is, smut is a word with a broader meaning than bawdry:
  • bawdry: lewd or obscene talk or writing
  • smut: an offensive or indecent word or phrase
Other hypernyms of bawdry include dirty word, filth, obscenity, vulgarism.
bawdry (noun) smut (noun)
lewd or obscene talk or writing creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
an offensive or indecent word or phrase
any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
bawdry (verb) smut (verb)
affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
become affected with smut
make obscene
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