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Froggy vs Frogginess - What's the difference?

froggy | frogginess |

As nouns the difference between froggy and frogginess

is that froggy is a frog while frogginess is the state or condition of being froggy.

As an adjective froggy

is froglike.

froggy

English

Noun

(froggies)
  • (childish, or, endearing) A frog.
  • * Children's poem, publishing date unknown
    • This little froggy took a big leap
    This little froggy took a small
    This little froggy leaped sideways
    And this little froggy not at all
    And this little froggy went,
    hippity, hippity, hippity hop, all the way home.
  • * Children's poem, publishing date unknown
    • Hop little froggy , hop hop hop
    Hop little froggy , and don't you stop
  • (ethnic slur, offensive) A Frenchman.

    • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Froglike.
  • Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
  • * 1938 , The American Legion Magazine
    • Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.

    Derived terms

    * froggily

    frogginess

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being froggy.
  • *1998 , Ann E. Barron, ?Karen S. Ivers, The Internet and Instruction: Activities and Ideas , page 91:
    • This corner of the net is home to all kinds of virtual frogginess , from the silly to the scientific.