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Crumbly vs Powdery - What's the difference?

crumbly | powdery |

As adjectives the difference between crumbly and powdery

is that crumbly is easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable while powdery is of or pertaining to powder.

crumbly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable

    • powdery

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to powder.
  • *1872 , , Roughing It , ch. 21,
  • *:We were plowing through great deeps of powdery alkali dust that rose in thick clouds and floated across the plain like smoke from a burning house. We were coated with it like millers; so were the coach, the mules, the mail-bags, the driver—we and the sage-brush and the other scenery were all one monotonous color.

    • Related terms

    * powderiness