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Chappy vs Cracked - What's the difference?

chappy | cracked |

As adjectives the difference between chappy and cracked

is that chappy is full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open while cracked is broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.

As a noun chappy

is (british|informal) a chap; a fellow.

As a verb cracked is

(crack).

chappy

English

Noun

(chappies)
  • (British, informal) A chap; a fellow.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
  • Chapped, dry.
  • * 1939 , in National Health Review , Volumes 7–9, page 220:
    • The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse.
    (Webster 1913)

    cracked

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
  • Broken into coarse pieces.
  • (of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.
  • (slang) Crazy; crackpot.

    • Synonyms

    * (broken so that cracks appear ): crazed * (broken into coarse pieces ): * (of a voice ): discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, raspy, rough * (slang: crazy ): See also

    Derived terms

    * cracked up * cracked wheat * not all it's cracked up to be

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crack)