Downy vs Fluffy - What's the difference?
downy | fluffy | Related terms |
Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers.
Covered with fluff.
Light; soft; airy.
(colloquial) Warm and comforting.
(colloquial) Not clearly defined or explained; fuzzy.
* 2008 , R.Safley, Reagan's Game
Lightweight; superficial; lacking depth or seriousness.
* 2006 , Linda Nochlin, Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye (page 271)
Someone or something that is fluffy
As adjectives the difference between downy and fluffy
is that downy is having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers while fluffy is covered with fluff.As a noun fluffy is
someone or something that is fluffy.As a proper noun Fluffy is
a popular given name for a pet, often for a cat.downy
English
Adjective
(er)- The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.
fluffy
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Adjective
(er)- Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.
- I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.
- Being in love with my boyfriend gives me a fluffy feeling inside.
- Someone sold you the fluffy idea that brains triumphs over strength when you were picked last for the sports team.
- And she is represented reading with great concentration, and not some fluffy novel but the rather politically oriented and literary Le Figaro , its title prominent if upside down in the foreground.
