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Fluffy vs Fluffing - What's the difference?

fluffy | fluffing |

As a proper noun fluffy

is a popular given name for a pet, often for a cat.

As a verb fluffing is

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As a noun fluffing is

the act by which something is fluffed.

fluffy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered with fluff.
    • Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.
  • Light; soft; airy.
    • I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.
  • (colloquial) Warm and comforting.
    • Being in love with my boyfriend gives me a fluffy feeling inside.
  • (colloquial) Not clearly defined or explained; fuzzy.
  • * 2008 , R.Safley, Reagan's Game
    • Someone sold you the fluffy idea that brains triumphs over strength when you were picked last for the sports team.
  • Lightweight; superficial; lacking depth or seriousness.
  • * 2006 , Linda Nochlin, Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye (page 271)
    • And she is represented reading with great concentration, and not some fluffy novel but the rather politically oriented and literary Le Figaro , its title prominent if upside down in the foreground.

    Related terms

    * fluff * fluffiness

    Noun

    (fluffies)
  • Someone or something that is fluffy

    • fluffing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is fluffed.
  • * Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service
    • It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.