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Creepy vs Crepy - What's the difference?

creepy | crepy |

As adjectives the difference between creepy and crepy

is that creepy is producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin while crêpy is resembling or similar to crêpe.

creepy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
  • Strangely repulsive.

    • See also

    * creepy-crawly

    Anagrams

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    crepy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * , crepy

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling or similar to .
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 477:
  • *:My shirt was too bug and its collar sat loosely around my crêpey neck.
  • *2007 , (Diana Athill), ‘Somewhere Towards the End’, Granta 98, p. 18:
  • *:women who had always worn a lot of make-up tended to continue to do so, blind to the unfortunate effect it could have on an elastic and crepy skin.

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