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Flaxen vs Flaxy - What's the difference?

flaxen | flaxy |

As adjectives the difference between flaxen and flaxy

is that flaxen is made of or resembling flax fibers while flaxy is like flax; flaxen.

flaxen

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Made of or resembling flax fibers.
  • * The couple and their children have flaxen hair .
  • a pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom.

    • See also

    * blond * linen * tow, towhead * English adjectives ending in -en

    flaxy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like flax; flaxen.
    • (Webster 1913)