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Crappy vs Chappy - What's the difference?

crappy | chappy |

As adjectives the difference between crappy and chappy

is that crappy is (chiefly|north america|colloquial|mildly|vulgar) of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful while chappy is full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.

As a noun chappy is

(british|informal) a chap; a fellow.

crappy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
    • That is such a crappy car.
    The referee just made a really crappy call.
    ''The food there used to be good but now it's crappy .
  • Bad, sick, or depressed.
    • I'm feeling really crappy - I think I need some fresh air.
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
    • Put the crappy diapers in the blue pail and the wet ones in the yellow pail.

    Alternative forms

    * crap (chiefly, UK)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "crappy" is often applied: job, day, weather, thing, food, movie, apartment, life, service, mood, hotel, car, phone, town, product, attitude, software, household goods.

    Synonyms

    * (covered in crap) shitty, poopy * (of very poor quality) shitty, lousy, tatty

    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)