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Calmy vs Palmy - What's the difference?

calmy | palmy |

As adjectives the difference between calmy and palmy

is that calmy is (poetic) tranquil; calm while palmy is (obsolete) made out of palm leaves or palm sap.

calmy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (poetic) tranquil; calm
    • A still and calmy day — Spenser.
    (Webster 1913)

    palmy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.
  • Of, related to, or covered with palm trees.
  • Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving.
  • *1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , Vintage 2007, p. 46:
  • *:‘It must have been just like the palmy days of the British Drama.’
  • * 1967 , (William Styron), The Confessions of Nat Turner , Vintage 2004, p. 48:
  • *:So, all things being equal, from the beginning of my stay with Travis, I was in as palmy and benign a state as I could remember in many years.

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