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grime vs blemish

blemish vs grime

grime and blemish both are nouns.

grime and blemish both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grime Yes No Yes No
blemish Yes No Yes No
As verbs, blemish is a hyponym of grime; that is, blemish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grime:
  • grime: make soiled, filthy, or dirty
  • blemish: mar or impair with a flaw
Other hyponyms of grime include foul, contaminate, foul, pollute, smear, slime, muddy, muddy up, splash, mire, muck, muck up, mud, crock, spot.
grime (noun) blemish (noun)
anything regarded as making something unclean a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
grime (verb) blemish (verb)
make soiled, filthy, or dirty add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
mar or impair with a flaw
mar or spoil the appearance of
Difference between grime and blemish

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