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Goopy vs Gooey - What's the difference?

goopy | gooey |

As adjectives the difference between goopy and gooey

is that goopy is having the consistency of goop while gooey is of or relating to goo.

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.” }}

    gooey

    English

    Adjective

    (gooier)
  • of or relating to goo
  • soft, sticky and viscous

    • Synonyms

    * gummy * icky * sticky