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Drooping vs Floppy - What's the difference?

drooping | floppy |

As nouns the difference between drooping and floppy

is that drooping is an instance of something drooping while floppy is (computing) a floppy disk.

As adjectives the difference between drooping and floppy

is that drooping is that droops or droop while floppy is limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

As a verb drooping

is .

drooping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of something drooping

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That droops or droop.
    • drooping flowers

    floppy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
  • * 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,
    • The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.

    Derived terms

    * floppy disk, floppy disc

    Noun

    (floppies)
  • (computing) A floppy disk

    • Synonyms

    * diskette

    Derived terms

    * mini-floppy * micro-floppy