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Hirsute vs Bushy - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between hirsute and bushy

is that hirsute is covered in hair or bristles; hairy while bushy is like a bush in having many widely spread branches.

hirsute

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.

    • Usage notes

    Considerably more formal than everyday hairy.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "hirsute")

    Synonyms

    * hairy
    Antonyms
    * glabrous

    Derived terms

    * hirsutely * hirsuteness * hirsutic acid * hirsutism

    bushy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like a bush in having many widely spread branches.
    • ''The bushy tail of a squirrel.

    Derived terms

    * bright-eyed and bushy-tailed