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Furry vs Plushy - What's the difference?

furry | plushy |

As adjectives the difference between furry and plushy

is that furry is covered with fur, or with something resembling fur while plushy is like plush; soft and shaggy.

As a noun furry

is an animal character with human characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture.

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.

    • Related terms

    * furdom * furfag * furfan * furrydom * fursecution

    Coordinate terms

    * (furry fandom senses) scalie, avian

    See also

    * kemonomimi * nahualism * anthropomorphism * zoomorphism

    plushy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like plush; soft and shaggy.
  • Plush; sumptuous.
  • *1970 , John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse , New York 2007, p. 101:
  • *:one saw and felt a vanished Broadway, plains covered with cattle and cowboys, jungles and native villages, and a great shining city of hansom-cabs, political intrigue and plushy champagne-suppers, as if one were walking through them oneself in the company of a superb raconteur and inspired liar.