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Bustier vs Burstier - What's the difference?

bustier | burstier |

As adjectives the difference between bustier and burstier

is that bustier is comparative of busty while burstier is comparative of bursty.

As a noun bustier

is a tight-fitting women's top, frequently strapless, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.

bustier

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia bustier) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tight-fitting women's top, frequently strapless, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 18, author=Cathy Horyn, title=In the Moment, or Not, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights. }}
    Synonyms
    * bustiere

    Etymology 2

    See (busty).

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (busty)

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    burstier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (bursty)

    • bursty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (computer science) Occurring in abrupt bursts, especially of information
    • The router needs to handle bursty traffic.

    Derived terms

    * burstily * burstiness

    Coordinate terms

    * batchy * busy