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Fleshy vs Sinewy - What's the difference?

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Fleshy is a related term of sinewy.


In of a person|lang=en terms the difference between fleshy and sinewy

is that fleshy is (of a person) having considerable flesh while sinewy is (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.

As adjectives the difference between fleshy and sinewy

is that fleshy is of, related to, or resembling flesh while sinewy is tough; having strong sinews.

fleshy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
  • * 1850 , , David Copperfield , ch. 7:
    • 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.
  • * 1901 , , The First Men in the Moon , ch. 8:
    • [O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.
  • (of a person) Having considerable flesh.
  • * 1894 , , The Prisoner of Zenda , ch. 3:
    • The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.
  • * 1908 , , "The Heathen":
    • 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.
  • * 2009 , Lisa Abend, " Google Earth Takes On the Prado's Masterworks," Time , 15 Jan.:
    • 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-covered

    Antonyms

    * (having considerable flesh) bony, slender, slim

    sinewy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tough; having strong sinews.
  • *
  • (figuratively) Having or showing nervous strength.
  • (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
  • * 1965 (original), Frank Herbert, Dune , Ace Edition; June 1987, Pennsylvania, page 32:
    • Hawat put a sinewy finger beside his eye.

    References

    * WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. 30 Aug. 2007. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sinewy]