plain vs grouch
grouch vs plainplain and grouch both are nouns.
plain is an adjective but grouch is not an adjective.
plain and grouch both are verbs.
plain is an adverb but grouch is not an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| grouch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
grouch is a hyponym of
plain; that is, grouch is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
plain:
- plain: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- grouch: show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
| plain (noun) | grouch (noun) |
|---|---|
| a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side | a bad-tempered person |
| extensive tract of level open land |
| plain (adjective) | grouch (adjective) |
|---|---|
| not elaborate or elaborated; simple | |
| lacking patterns especially in color | |
| free from any effort to soften to disguise | |
| clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | |
| not mixed with extraneous elements | |
| lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
| lacking in physical beauty or proportion |
| plain (verb) | grouch (verb) |
|---|---|
| express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | show one's unhappiness or critical attitude |
| plain (adverb) | grouch (adverb) |
|---|---|
| unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') |
Words related to "plain"
- Nullarbor Plain
- Olympia
- Serengeti
- Serengeti Plain
- apparent
- apparently
- austere
- backbite
- bare
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- bleat
- champaign
- chaste
- colloquialism
- complain
- crab
- croak
- deplore
- depreciation
- derogation
- direct
- disparagement
- dry
- dry land
- earth
- evident
- evidently
- fancy
- featureless
- field
- flat
- flood plain
- floodplain
- gnarl
- gripe
- grizzle
- grouch
- ground
- grouse
- grumble
- hen-peck
- holler
- homely
- inelaborate
- inveigh
- kick
- knit
- knit stitch
- knitting stitch
- kvetch
- lament
- land
- literal
- llano
- manifest
- manifestly
- mere
- moor
- moorland
- murmur
- mutter
- nag
- obvious
- obviously
- palpable
- patent
- patently
- patterned
- peck
- peneplain
- peneplane
- plain stitch
- plainly
- plainness
- protest
- pure
- quetch
- rail
- repine
- report
- scold
- severe
- sheer
- simple
- snowfield
- solid ground
- solid-colored
- solid-coloured
- sound off
- spare
- squawk
- stark
- steppe
- stern
- tailored
- terra firma
- trim
- tundra
- unadorned
- unattractive
- undecorated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unmingled
- unmistakable
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unpatterned
- unpretentious
- unrhetorical
- unvarnished
- vanilla
- whine
- yammer
- yawp
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