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Furry vs Fluffy - What's the difference?

furry | fluffy |

As adjectives the difference between furry and fluffy

is that furry is covered with fur, or with something resembling fur while fluffy is covered with fluff.

As nouns the difference between furry and fluffy

is that furry is an animal character with human characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture while fluffy is someone or something that is fluffy.

As a proper noun Fluffy is

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

furry

English

(wikipedia furry)

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
  • (informal) Having both animal and human characteristics; of or related to the furry subculture.
  • Noun

    (furries)
  • 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.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (furry fandom senses) scalie, avian

    See also

    * kemonomimi * nahualism * anthropomorphism * zoomorphism

    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.

    Noun

    (fluffies)
  • Someone or something that is fluffy