Floppier vs Flappier - What's the difference?
floppier | flappier |
(floppy)
Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
* 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,
(computing) A floppy disk
(flappy)
that flaps
* 2008 , Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 23, author=Mike Albo, title=A Neighborhood for Aspirations, work=New York Times
, passage=Two adorable fashion boys eagerly welcomed us, one in a schoolboy outfit and the other floating around in a flappy white smock-cape. }}
As adjectives the difference between floppier and flappier
is that floppier is comparative of floppy while flappier is comparative of flappy.floppier
English
Adjective
(head)floppy
English
Adjective
(er)- The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.
Derived terms
* floppy disk, floppy discNoun
(floppies)Synonyms
* disketteDerived terms
* mini-floppy * micro-floppyflappier
English
Adjective
(head)flappy
English
Adjective
(er)- The whole time we walked to the beach, Dorothy kept yanking at the flappy little skirt covering her bottom. I looked away from the poverty of her flesh, from the weave of veins that crossed her skin.
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