Elastic vs Boingy - What's the difference?
elastic | boingy |
Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
Made of elastic.
Of clothing, elasticated.
(economics) Sensitive to changes in price.
springy; bouncy; vivacious
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Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials.
(uncountable) An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
(countable) An elastic band.
Producing an elastic, bouncy sound, like a "boing"
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As adjectives the difference between elastic and boingy
is that elastic is capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released while boingy is producing an elastic, bouncy sound, like a "boing.As a noun elastic
is an elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.elastic
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Alternative forms
* elastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The rope is somewhat elastic , so expect it to give when you pull on it.
- elastic band
- Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy.
- He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it.
- elastic''' spirits; an '''elastic constitution
Synonyms
* stretchy * stretchableNoun
- Running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt.
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(en adjective)Mac OS X: The Missing Manual page 132
- You hear a little plink/crunch when you drop an icon onto the Trash, a boingy thud when you drag something into a folder, a whoof! when you drag something off the Dock and into the oblivion, and so on.
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- I would need a three-quarter-size bed, with a new mattress - one that's not so loud and boingy .