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Heathy vs Heaty - What's the difference?

heathy | heaty |

As adjectives the difference between heathy and heaty

is that heathy is resembling heath while heaty is {{cx|Asian English|of food|lang=en}} hot and spicy.

heathy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Resembling heath
  • * {{quote-book, year=1786, author=Boswell, title=Life Of Johnson, Volume 5, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The hills here, and indeed all the heathy grounds in general, abound with the sweet-smelling plant which the Highlanders call gaul , and (I think) with dwarf juniper in many places. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1884, author=A C and F T Gregory, title=Journals of Australian Explorations, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The country consists of elevated sandy downs covered with heathy bushes and a few small banksia trees, it being only on the alluvial flats of the river that there is any grass or good soil. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1894, author=John Muir, title=The Mountains of California, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Here make ground for a meadow; there, for a garden and grove, making it smooth and fine for small daisies and violets and beds of heathy bryanthus, spicing it well with crystals, garnet feldspar, and zircon." }}

    heaty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • hot and spicy
  • * 1976 , Charles M. Leslie, Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study (page 208)
    • He recommended that the patient refrain completely from eating heaty foods and spices like mustard, vinegar, meat, and salted fish.