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Cloggy vs Claggy - What's the difference?

cloggy | claggy |

As adjectives the difference between cloggy and claggy

is that cloggy is tending to cause clogging while claggy is sticky or tacky.

cloggy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to cause clogging.
  • * 1837 , Journal of Agriculture
    • the land in many parts was naturally heavy, and even when the digging was proceeding, very cloggy .
  • * 1899 , Frederick George Jackson, A thousand days in the Arctic
    • The snow was very cloggy , making the sledge and our ski run heavily.
  • Somewhat clogged or impeded.
    • a cloggy throat

    Derived terms

    * clogginess

    claggy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Sticky or tacky.
  • Adhesive, having coal clinging to it.

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