Anthro vs Furry - What's the difference?
anthro | furry |
(informal) anthropology
* {{quote-news, year=1988, date=September 9, author=Cecil Adams, title=The Straight Dope, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=I gather the phrase is used in lieu of some more practical benefit, e.g., a "job," which, as holders of English lit and anthro degrees can tell you, isn't necessarily part of the program. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1992, author=Ann Wilson, title=Fearful Symmetry, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Unlikely as it seemed, he might somehow return to the Empire, and if that happened, any information he could bring back would be valuable to the socio and anthro specialists. }}
(informal) An anthropomorphic character.
* 2012 , Lindsay Cibos, ?Jared Hodges, Draw More Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic Fantasy Creatures
(informal) anthropomorphic
* 2004 , Brad Guigar, The everything cartooning book (page 146)
Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
(informal) Having both animal and human characteristics; of or related to the furry subculture.
An animal character with human characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture.
(slang) A member of the furry fandom or subculture; a furfan.
(slang) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a furry character.
In informal terms the difference between anthro and furry
is that anthro is anthropomorphic while furry is having both animal and human characteristics; of or related to the furry subculture.anthro
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- Extra animals add complexity, but the benefit is that you're more likely to create a unique new character. There's hundreds of wolf anthros , but how many zebra-striped pig-tigers are there?
Adjective
(-)- They are to anthro cartoonists what Trekkies are to Star Trek, gathering for special conventions that feature anthro cartoons and cartoonists.
