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Creamy vs Oily - What's the difference?

creamy | oily |

As adjectives the difference between creamy and oily

is that creamy is containing cream while oily is relating to oil.

As nouns the difference between creamy and oily

is that creamy is a horse with a cream-coloured coat while oily is a marble with an oily lustre.

creamy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Containing cream.
    • creamy milk
  • Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.
    • creamy chocolate
  • Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream.
    • a creamy lotion
  • Having the colour of cream.

    • Noun

    (creamies)
  • A horse with a cream-coloured coat.

    • oily

    English

    Alternative forms

    * oyly (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Relating to oil.
  • Smeared with or containing oil.
  • (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.

    • Derived terms

    * smell of an oily rag

    Noun

    (oilies)
  • A marble with an oily lustre.
  • * 1998 , Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson, Michael Street, Marbles: 101 ways to play
    • Lustered (also called lusters, rainbows, oilies , and pearls)
  • * 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
    • But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies , emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles
  • oilskins (waterproof garment)