Ashy vs Cadaverous - What's the difference?
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Having the color of ashes.
(African American Vernacular English) Having dry or dead skin (therefore discolored).
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
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Ashy is a related term of cadaverous.
As adjectives the difference between ashy and cadaverous
is that ashy is having the color of ashes while cadaverous is corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.ashy
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*cadaverous
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(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}