Dowdy vs Sloppy - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between dowdy and sloppy

is that dowdy is plain and unfashionable in style or dress while sloppy is very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

(er)

Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.

Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.

* 1891,

[...she was] a perfect saint amongst women, but so dreadfully dowdy that she reminded one of a badly bound hymn-book.

* dowd * dowdify * dowdily * dowdiness

(er)

Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

Imprecise or loose.

A sloppy''' measurement''; ''a '''sloppy fit!

* See also

* sloppiness

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