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Downy vs Fleecy - What's the difference?

downy | fleecy |

As adjectives the difference between downy and fleecy

is that downy is having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers while fleecy is resembling or covered in fleece.

downy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers.
    • The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.

    fleecy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling or covered in fleece.
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  • *1920 , :
  • *:Here the galley paused not at all, but floated easily in the blue of the sky among fleecy clouds tinted with rose.