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Floppy vs Flopsy - What's the difference?

floppy | flopsy |

As adjectives the difference between floppy and flopsy

is that floppy is limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible while flopsy is floppy.

As a noun floppy

is a floppy disk.

floppy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
  • * 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,
    • 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 disc

    Noun

    (floppies)
  • (computing) A floppy disk

    • Synonyms

    * diskette

    Derived terms

    * mini-floppy * micro-floppy

    flopsy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Floppy.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 19, author=Mike Albo, title=Dressed to Impress, With a Southern Drawl, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=They had flopsy hair, tucked their frayed tailored trousers into their boots, carried flasks in their moleskin blazers and never looked as if they were trying too hard. }}

    Usage notes

    This word is frequently used in a childish way to describe rabbits' ears.