Grub vs. Grubby — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Grub and Grubby
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Definitions
Grub
To dig up by or as if by the roots
Grubbed carrots with a stick.
Grubby
Manuel Schenkhuizen (Dutch: [ˈmaːnyˌʋɛl ˈsxɛŋkˌɦœy̯zə(n)]), also known as Grubby, is a Dutch professional esports player. He competes in the real-time strategy games Warcraft III (WC3), Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne and Starcraft II. As an Orc player, Schenkhuizen has won more than 38 LAN tournaments, of which six are World Championships.
Grub
To clear of roots and stumps by digging
Grubbed a small plot.
Grubby
Dirty; grimy
Grubby old work clothes.
Grub
(Slang) To obtain by importunity
Grub a cigarette.
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Grubby
Infested with grubs.
Grub
To dig in the earth
Grub for potatoes.
Grubby
Contemptible; despicable
Has a grubby way of treating others.
Grub
To search laboriously by or as if by digging; rummage.
Grubby
Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.
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Grub
To toil arduously; drudge
Grub for a living.
Grubby
(figurative) Disreputable, sordid.
Grub
The thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.
Grubby
Having grubs in it.
Grub
A drudge.
Grubby
Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
Grub
(Slang) Food.
Grubby
Dirty; unclean.
The grubby game of marbles.
Grub
(countable) An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle.
Grubby
Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
Grub
Food.
Pub grub
Grubby
Small sculpin of the coast of New England
Grub
A dirty person.
Grubby
Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;
A miner's begrimed face
Dingy linen
Grimy hands
Grubby little fingers
A grungy kitchen
Grub
A despicable person; a lowlife.
Grub
(obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.
Grub
To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
Grub
(ambitransitive) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
To grub up trees, rushes, or sedge
Grub
To supply with food.
Grub
To eat.
Grub
To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
Grub
To drudge; to do menial work.
Grub
To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; - followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
Grub
To supply with food.
Grub
The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; - called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.
Yet your butterfly was a grub.
Grub
A short, thick man; a dwarf.
Grub
Victuals; food.
I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
Grub
Informal terms for a meal
Grub
A soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
Grub
Ask for and get free; be a parasite
Grub
Search about busily
