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Flabby vs Flasque - What's the difference?

flabby | flasque |

In cx|math|lang=en terms the difference between flabby and flasque

is that flabby is while flasque is flabby.

As adjectives the difference between flabby and flasque

is that flabby is yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh while flasque is flabby.

flabby

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh .
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , date = 1867-12-28 , title = External Manual Pressure during Labour , first = John , last = Wades , journal = The British Medical Journal , volume = 2 , page = 601 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=RxRAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA601&dq=flabby , passage = My attention was accidentally drawn to this aid, some five or six years ago, while attending a lady (multipara) in her confinement, who suffered from umbilical hernia, with large flabby abdomen. }}
  • (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
  • overwrought.
    • a flabby sheaf on a paracompact space

    Antonyms

    * (yielding to the touch) muscled

    Synonyms

    * (having a slight lack of acidity) flat

    flasque

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • flabby
    • a flasque sheaf
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