Fleshy vs Paunchy - What's the difference?
fleshy | paunchy | Related terms |
Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
* 1850 , , David Copperfield , ch. 7:
* 1901 , , The First Men in the Moon , ch. 8:
(of a person) Having considerable flesh.
* 1894 , , The Prisoner of Zenda , ch. 3:
* 1908 , , "The Heathen":
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Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.
Fleshy is a related term of paunchy.
As adjectives the difference between fleshy and paunchy
is that fleshy is of, related to, or resembling flesh while paunchy is having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.fleshy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.
- [O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.
- The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.
- He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.
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- It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin.
Usage notes
* is not necessarily negative in connotation (as fat, for example) and may be used to describe men or women.Synonyms
* (having considerable flesh) corpulent, full-figured, porky, pudgy, well-coveredAntonyms
* (having considerable flesh) bony, slender, slimpaunchy
English
Adjective
(er)- He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age.