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Goop vs Goopy - What's the difference?

goop | goopy |

As a noun goop

is a thick, slimy substance; goo.

As an adjective goopy is

having the consistency of goop.

goop

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (informal, usually, uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo.
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  • (countable, informal, derogatory, dated) A silly, stupid, or boorish person.

    • References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987–1996.

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    goopy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having the consistency of goop
    • The flask had something goopy in it.
  • Vague; undefined or sentimental
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 17, author=Jennifer Egan, title=Woman Warriors, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“She’d had some goopy notion of self-sacrifice, or maybe it was self-punishment, of making amends.” }}