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Brawny vs Thickset - What's the difference?

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Brawny is a related term of thickset.


As adjectives the difference between brawny and thickset

is that brawny is characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong while thickset is having a short, heavy build; stout.

As a noun thickset is

a thick hedge.

brawny

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
    • Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down}}
  • Calloused; hardened.

    • Derived terms

    * brawniness

    thickset

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a short, heavy build; stout
  • Closely planted.
    • a thickset''' wood; a '''thickset hedge
    (Dryden)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thick hedge.
  • A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
    • (McElrath)
    (Webster 1913)

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