As adjectives the difference between scruffy and scurvy
is that
scruffy is untidy in appearance while
scurvy is covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
As nouns the difference between scruffy and scurvy
is that
scruffy is an artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats" while
scurvy is (disease) a disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin c leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.