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Flimsy vs Cobwebby - What's the difference?

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Flimsy is a related term of cobwebby.


As adjectives the difference between flimsy and cobwebby

is that flimsy is likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile while cobwebby is having many cobwebs.

As a noun flimsy

is thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.

flimsy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
    • He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
  • * Sheridan
    • All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.

    Antonyms

    * robust * strong * sturdy

    Noun

    (flimsies)
  • Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
  • *1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 251:
  • *:Smiley peered once more at the flimsy which he still clutched in his pudgy hand.
  • (informal, in the plural) Skimpy underwear.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 25, author=Ruth La Ferla, title=Now It’s Nobody’s Secret, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Choosing lingerie “is about what makes you look good, but also what looks good with or through your clothing,” said Monica Mitro, a spokeswoman for Victoria’s Secret, the brand that catapulted racy flimsies into the public eye. }}

    cobwebby

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having many cobwebs.
  • Resembling a cobweb.
  • Old or dated.
  • * 2014 , Private Eye 1373, p. 15:
    • As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run of cobwebby sitcoms and dramas it has bought from established terrestrial networks.