Crummy vs Rummy - What's the difference?
crummy | rummy |
(informal) bad; poor
(dated) Full of crumb or crumbs; crumby.
(dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.
Small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite. A common term when referring to a vehicle with a compartment separate from the cab, housing the silvicultural, logging or mining crew during transport.
Regional English
(uncountable) a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
(countable) a rum-drinking alcoholic.
(dated) peculiar; odd
Resembling or tasting of rum.
In dated|lang=en terms the difference between crummy and rummy
is that crummy is (dated) soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty while rummy is (dated) peculiar; odd.As adjectives the difference between crummy and rummy
is that crummy is (informal) bad; poor while rummy is (dated) peculiar; odd.As nouns the difference between crummy and rummy
is that crummy is small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite a common term when referring to a vehicle with a compartment separate from the cab, housing the silvicultural, logging or mining crew during transport while rummy is (uncountable) a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.crummy
English
Adjective
(er)- Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "crummy" (bad, poor) is often applied: job, weather, hotel, thing, town, life, movie, food, world, school, idea, person.Noun
(crummies)rummy
English
Noun
(wikipedia rummy)See also
* rummy nose * rummy-nose tetraAdjective
(er)- a rummy thing
- a rummy flavour
Quotations
* 1920 , ,p. 28*: "You say rummy' things and you do ' rummy things. What I mean to say is, you're impulsive."