Burly vs Husky - What's the difference?
burly | husky |
(usually, of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
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(slang) Originating from the east end of London, England. An expressive term to mean something is good, awesome, amazing, unbelievable. e.g That goal was burly, or Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver.
(slang) Originating from surfer culture and/or Southern California. An expressive term to mean something is of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
(of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding
burly, thick; fat, overweight
* 1965 , Popular Mechanics, September issue,
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
As adjectives the difference between burly and husky
is that burly is large, well-built, and muscular while husky is hoarse and rough-sounding.As a noun husky is
any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.burly
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal)Adjective
(er)- He's a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
- That wave was burly ! (i.e. large, dangerous and difficult to ride)
- This hike is going to be burly , but worth it because there is good body surfing at that beach.
husky
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Etymology 1
; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".Adjective
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- Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A
- (Dryden)