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Huffy vs Huggy - What's the difference?

huffy | huggy |

As adjectives the difference between huffy and huggy

is that huffy is angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated while huggy is tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.

huffy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated
  • easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy
  • puffed up
    • huffy bread

    huggy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.
  • * 2007 , Joseph Finder, Killer Instinct? , p. 58:
    • Gordy, who looks sort of like a bear cub, only not cute, is a very huggy person.
  • * 2004 , Lani Diane Rich, Time Off for Good Behavior? , p. 136:
    • I wasn't typically a huggy person, but I knew better than to argue with anyone in Bones's genetic line.
  • * 2001 , Joseph H. Berke, Beyond Madness: Psychosocial Interventions in Psychosis? , p. 197:
    • Sonia is an affectionate but not very huggy woman.