Bendy vs Benty - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between bendy and benty

is that bendy is having the ability to be bent easily while benty is abounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass.

As a noun bendy

is a field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

bendy

English

Adjective

(er)

Having the ability to be bent easily.

Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.

(informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily.

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Containing many bends and twists.

a bendy road

Of a vehicle, articulated.

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(heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour

Synonyms

* (having the ability to be bent easily ): flexible, pliable, supple * (of a person''): flexible, limber, lissom ''or lissome, lithe, supple * (having many bends and twists ): sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisty, winding, windy * (articulated ): articulated, jointed

Derived terms

* bendiness

Noun

(bendies)

(heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

References

benty

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Abounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass.

benty fields

Resembling bent.

(Holland)

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