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Huggable vs Luggable - What's the difference?

huggable | luggable |

As an adjective huggable

is capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.

As a noun luggable is

(computing) an early portable computer, somewhat heavier than the modern laptop.

huggable

English

Alternative forms

* hugable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of, or suitable for, being hugged.
  • * 1995 , Ann M. Martin, Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook? , page 78:
    • Claud was glad to oblige, since Gabbie is an extremely huggable girl.
  • * 2002 , Jeffrey S. Turner, Families in America , page 147:
    • Moreover, this need often manifests itself in the young child's selection of a cuddly or huggable doll or stuffed animal, called a transitional object by child psychologists.
  • * 2005 , Desiree Day, Crazy Love? , page 183:
    • He was exactly how she remembered him. Where Tyrell was cuddly and huggable , Mohammad was hard and sinewy.

    Synonyms

    * cuddly

    Derived terms

    * huggableness * huggability * huggably

    Related terms

    * hug

    luggable

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) An early portable computer, somewhat heavier than the modern laptop.
  • * 1991 , Thomas F Wheeler, Professional Workstations
    • The number of pocket or hand-held computers will grow, while the number of luggables will decline.
  • * 1994 , Michel Banâtre, Peter A Lee, Hardware and Software Architectures for Fault Tolerance
    • Witness the speed with which so-called luggable systems became portables, and portables became laptops.
    English retronyms