Mongrel vs. Mutt: What's the Difference?
Mongrel and Mutt Definitions
Mongrel
An animal or plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.
Mutt
A mongrel dog.
Mongrel
(Offensive) A person of mixed background or descent.
Mutt
A stupid person; a dolt.
Mongrel
Something that is a mixture or combination of elements
"Purists ... object that bordeaux is a mongrel because it mixes two, three or four grape varieties" (Hugh Johnson).
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Mutt
A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
Mongrel
Of mixed origin or character
"English has always been a mongrel tongue, a hybrid of arriving idioms" (Mark Abley).
Mutt
A person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry.
Mongrel
(Offensive) Being a person of mixed background or descent.
Mutt
An idiot, a stupid person.
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Mongrel
Being a mongrel organism.
Mutt
A person from the United States, in reference to sense 2.
Mongrel
Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
Mutt
An dog that is of inferior quality or of mixed breed.
Mongrel
A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a pitiable person.
Mutt
An inferior dog or one of mixed breed
Mongrel
An erect penis; an erection.
Mongrel
Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.
English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of our tongue.
Mongrel
The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.
Mongrel
Not of a pure breed.
Mongrel
Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
Mongrel
Derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin;
The architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic
Mongrel
An inferior dog or one of mixed breed
