As nouns the difference between hippy and yuppie
is that hippy is an alternative spelling of lang=en while yuppie is a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.
As an adjective hippy
is having prominent or in any other way unusual hips.
hippy
English
Noun
(hippies)
Adjective
(er)
Having prominent or in any other way unusual hips.
yuppie
English
Noun
(
wikipedia yuppie)
(
en noun)
(informal) a young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle
Derived terms
* buppie
* yuppie food stamp
Related terms
* yumpie