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Cosey vs Cozy - What's the difference?

cosey | cozy | Alternative forms |

Cosey is an alternative form of cozy.


As adjectives the difference between cosey and cozy

is that cosey is while cozy is affording comfort and warmth; snug; social.

As a noun cozy is

a padded or knit covering to keep an item warm, especially a teapot or egg.

As a verb cozy is

to become snug and comfortable.

cosey

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1861, author=Harriet Jacobs, title=Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The old ladies had cosey times together. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=Jack London, title=, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It was dry and cosey . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1906, author=Mabel Osgood Wright, title=The Garden, You, and I, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Preferable is the cosey English walled villa of the middle class, even though it be a bit stuffy and suggestive of earwigs. }}

    cozy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cosy (UK) * cozey * cosey * cozie * cosie

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social
  • * 1785', , ''Holy Fair'' - While some are ' cozie i' the neuk, / An' forming assignations / To meet some day

    • Synonyms

    * snug

    Derived terms

    * cozy up

    Hyponyms

    *

    Noun

    (cozies)
  • A padded or knit covering to keep an item warm, especially a teapot or egg.
  • A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).

    • Derived terms

    * tea cozy * egg cozy

    Verb

  • To become snug and comfortable.
  • To become friendly with.
    • He spent all day cozying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.