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Edgy vs Eddy - What's the difference?

edgy | eddy |

As an adjective edgy

is nervous, apprehensive.

As a noun eddy is

a current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

As a verb eddy is

to form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

As a proper noun Eddy is

a diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.

edgy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • nervous, apprehensive
  • (entertainment/advertising jargon): creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge
  • (entertainment/advertising jargon) : on the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; dodgy
  • (dated) irritable
  • an edgy temper
  • (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
  • * Hazlitt
  • An edgy style of sculpture.
  • (of a knife or blade) sharp.
  • eddy

    English

    Noun

    (eddies)
  • A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  • A circular current; a whirlpool.
  • * Dryden
  • And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
  • * Addison
  • Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.

    See also

    * countercurrent * dust devil

    Verb

  • To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
  • * Wordsworth
  • Eddying round and round they sink.

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