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Buggy vs Sulky - What's the difference?

buggy | sulky |

As nouns the difference between buggy and sulky

is that buggy is a small horse-drawn cart while sulky is a low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.

As adjectives the difference between buggy and sulky

is that buggy is infested with insects while sulky is silent and withdrawn after being upset.

buggy

English

Noun

(buggies)
  • A small horse-drawn cart.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy , turned and drove out of town.}}
  • A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.
  • (UK) A pushchair; a stroller.
  • (Canada, southern US) A shopping cart or trolley.
  • Synonyms

    * (pushchair) stroller

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Infested with insects
  • (computing) Containing programming errors
  • This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it!
  • Resembling an insect
  • Derived terms

    * baby buggy * bugginess * buggy eyes

    sulky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • silent and withdrawn after being upset
  • the sulky child
  • * 1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
  • The first question of course was, how to get dry again: they had a consultation about this, and after a few minutes it seemed quite natural to Alice to find herself talking familiarly with them, as if she had known them all her life. Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky , and would only say, “I’m older than you, and must know better.” And this Alice would not allow, without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.

    Synonyms

    * sullen, morose

    Noun

    (sulkies)
  • A low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.
  • Any carriage seating only the driver.