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Floppy vs Hypotonic - What's the difference?

floppy | hypotonic |

As adjectives the difference between floppy and hypotonic

is that floppy is limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible while hypotonic is having a lower osmotic pressure than another.

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

    hypotonic

    English

    (wikipedia hypotonic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a solution) Having a lower osmotic pressure than another.
  • (medicine) Showing less than normal tension in the muscles or muscle tissue.
  • * 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1053:
    • But always he went the full length, crying until he was completely exhausted, worn out, hypotonic .

    Antonyms

    * hypertonic

    See also

    * isotonic