Fluffy vs Sock - What's the difference?
fluffy | sock |
Covered with fluff.
Light; soft; airy.
(colloquial) Warm and comforting.
(colloquial) Not clearly defined or explained; fuzzy.
* 2008 , R.Safley, Reagan's Game
Lightweight; superficial; lacking depth or seriousness.
* 2006 , Linda Nochlin, Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye (page 271)
Someone or something that is fluffy
A knitted or woven covering for the foot
A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors
A violent blow, punch
A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet
(firearms, informal) a gun sock
To hit or strike violently
To deliver a blow
A ploughshare.
As a proper noun fluffy
is a popular given name for a pet, often for a cat.As a noun sock is
a knitted or woven covering for the foot or sock can be a ploughshare.As a verb sock is
to hit or strike violently.fluffy
English
Adjective
(er)- Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.
- I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.
- Being in love with my boyfriend gives me a fluffy feeling inside.
- Someone sold you the fluffy idea that brains triumphs over strength when you were picked last for the sports team.
- 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.
Noun
(fluffies)sock
English
(wikipedia sock)Etymology 1
* From (etyl) socke, sokke, sok, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- "For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone "
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Derived terms
* bobby socks * knock somebody's socks off * sock hop * sock puppetReferences
Etymology 2
* Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch"). (en)Verb
(en verb)- They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you. — James Jones