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Husky vs Heavyset - What's the difference?

husky | heavyset |

As adjectives the difference between husky and heavyset

is that husky is (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding while heavyset is (of a person) having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight.

As a noun husky

is any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

husky

English

Etymology 1

; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

Adjective

(er)
  • (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding
  • burly, thick; fat, overweight
  • * 1965 , Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22
    • Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A
  • Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
    • (Dryden)
    Derived terms
    * huskily

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of husky dog'', where ''husky is ultimately from the same Old (etyl) root as Eskimo.

    Noun

    (huskies)
  • Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
    • Alternative forms
    * huskie
    Synonyms
    * polar dog
    Related terms
    * Eskimo
    See also
    * (wikipedia "husky") * (commonslite)

    heavyset

    English

    Alternative forms

    * heavy-set

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight.
  • * 1989 , " One Bear Of a Soviet Politician," Time , 20 Mar.,
    • No Soviet political figure has been as irreverently outspoken about Soviet life or as ambitious to change it as Boris Yeltsin, 58, a heavyset , 6-ft. 2-in. man from Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains.

    Usage notes

    * (term) suggests corpulence, and sometimes a squat appearance, but not extreme obesity.

    Synonyms

    * stocky, stout, thickset