Crude vs. Crass — What's the Difference?

Being in an unrefined or natural state

Crass were an English art collective and punk rock band formed in Epping, Essex in 1977, who promoted anarchism as a political ideology, a way of life and a resistance movement. Crass popularised the anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, advocating direct action, animal rights, feminism, anti-fascism, and environmentalism.

Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive

So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.

Lacking in sophistication or subtlety; simplistic

Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination

Not carefully or skillfully made; rough

Materialistic

Undisguised or unadorned; plain

Dense

(Statistics) In an unanalyzed form; not adjusted to allow for related circumstances or data.

Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.

(Archaic) Unripe or immature.

Gross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.

A substance, especially petroleum, in its unrefined state.

(of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

In a natural, untreated state.

Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

Lacking concealing elements.

Lacking tact or taste.

(archaic) Immature or unripe.

(obsolete) Uncooked, raw.

(grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.

Any substance in its natural state.

Crude oil.

In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh.

Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.

Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.

Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.

Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.

Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.

A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

Not carefully or expertly made;

Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

Not refined or processed;

Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness;

Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;

Not processed or subjected to analysis;