Crude vs. Rudimentary

Crudeadjective

In a natural, untreated state.

‘crude oil’;

Rudimentaryadjective

Of or relating to one or more rudiments.

‘I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.’;

Crudeadjective

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

‘a crude shelter’;

Rudimentaryadjective

Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.

‘His grasp of rudimentary English allowed him at least to do the shopping.’; ‘His rudimentary driving skills meant that he was a danger on the road.’;

Crudeadjective

Lacking concealing elements.

‘a crude truth’;

Rudimentarynoun

One of the rudimentary mammae of boars.

Crudeadjective

Lacking tact or taste.

‘a crude remark’;

Rudimentaryadjective

Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.

Crudeadjective

(archaic) Immature or unripe.

Rudimentaryadjective

Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic.

Crudeadjective

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

Rudimentaryadjective

being or involving basic facts or principles;

‘the fundamental laws of the universe’; ‘a fundamental incompatibility between them’; ‘these rudimentary truths’; ‘underlying principles’;

Crudenoun

Any substance in its natural state.

Rudimentaryadjective

being in the earliest stages of development;

‘rudimentary plans’;

Crudenoun

Crude oil.

Rudimentaryadjective

not fully developed in mature animals;

‘rudimentary wings’;

Crudeadjective

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.

‘Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials.’;

Crudeadjective

Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.

‘I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.’;

Crudeadjective

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

‘Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition.’; ‘The originals of Nature in their crudeConception.’;

Crudeadjective

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

Crudeadjective

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

Crudeadjective

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

Crudenoun

a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

Crudeadjective

not carefully or expertly made;

‘managed to make a crude splint’; ‘a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them’; ‘rough carpentry’;

Crudeadjective

conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

‘coarse language’; ‘a crude joke’; ‘crude behavior’; ‘an earthy sense of humor’; ‘a revoltingly gross expletive’; ‘a vulgar gesture’; ‘full of language so vulgar it should have been edited’;

Crudeadjective

not refined or processed;

‘unrefined ore’; ‘crude oil’;

Crudeadjective

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

‘the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man’; ‘primitive movies of the 1890s’; ‘primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains’;

Crudeadjective

devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;

‘the blunt truth’; ‘the crude facts’; ‘facing the stark reality of the deadline’;

Crudeadjective

not processed or subjected to analysis;

‘raw data’; ‘the raw cost of production’; ‘only the crude vital statistics’;