Cosy vs Cory - What's the difference?
cosy | cory |
Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social
* 1785', , ''Holy Fair'' - While some are ' cozie i' the neuk, / An' forming assignations / To meet some day
* 1836', , ''The Pickwick Papers'', ch 30 - after Mr. Bob Sawyer had informed him that he meant to be very ' cosy , and that his friend Ben was to be one of the party, they shook hands and separated
A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.
To become snug and comfortable.
To become friendly with.
transferred from the surname.
* 2005 Robert L. Fried, The Game of School , Jossey-bass, ISBN 0787973475, page 42:
(less common than the male name) transferred from the surname, also a pet form of Cora, Corinne and similar sounding names.
* 1991 Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era , Westview Press, ISBN 0813311799, page 58:
* 1998 Robyn Amos, Into the Night , ISBN 0786005599, page 61:
As nouns the difference between cosy and cory
is that cosy is a padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg while cory is any fish belonging to the genus , a group of south american freshwater catfish.As an adjective cosy
is affording comfort and warmth; snug; social.As a verb cosy
is to become snug and comfortable.cosy
English
Alternative forms
* cosey * cosie * cozey * cozie * cozy (North America)Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* snugHyponyms
*Noun
(cosies)Derived terms
* tea cosy * egg-cosyVerb
- He spent all day cosying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.
Anagrams
*cory
English
Alternative forms
* Corey * Cori, Kori, Korey, KoryProper noun
(en proper noun)- On another poster are the names of the new class — unusual names (at least to me) like Wen Qi, Elijah, Yoav, Noni, Koray, Cai Ying and Julissa, along with more common names like Cory , Betty, Tammy, Jordan, Jeffrey, and Andrew.
- Corazon "Cory " Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce.
- I went to high school with a girl named Corrine, though, and everyone called her Cory —