Scrub vs. Legit — What's the Difference?

To rub hard in order to clean

Legitimate.

To remove (dirt or stains) by hard rubbing.

A legitimate; a legitimate actor.

To remove impurities from (a gas) chemically.

(slang) A legitimate child.

To maintain the integrity of by finding and correcting errors

(informal) Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.

To erase in such a way as to render unrecoverable

(video games) Not using cheats.

(Slang) To cancel or abandon; drop

Genuine, actual, literal or honest.

To clean or wash something by hard rubbing

(slang) Genuinely good and possessing all the required or expected qualities; the real deal.

The act or an instance of scrubbing.

(slang) Cool by virtue of being genuine.

A preparation or product used in scrubbing.

(informal) Legitimately; within the law.

Vegetation consisting chiefly of shrubs and small trees.

(slang) Honestly; truly; seriously.

An area covered with such vegetation; shrubland.

A domestic animal that is feral or not purebred.

(Slang) A contemptible or incompetent person.

(Sports) A player not on the varsity or first team.

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.

A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant

One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.

Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.

One not on the first team of players; a substitute.

Informal attire or dress code; morning dress

An instance of scrubbing.

A cancellation.

A worn-out brush.

One who scrubs.

That which scrubs.

An exfoliant for the body.

Clothing worn while performing surgery.

Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).

(transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening

(intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour

To be diligent and penurious

(transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets

(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.

To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.

To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.

To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.

One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

Something small and mean.

A worn-out brush.

A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.

One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.

Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush; - called also scrub brush. See Brush, above.

A low, straggling tree of inferior quality.

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

Clean with hard rubbing;

Wash thoroughly;

(of domestic animals) not selectively bred