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Jagged vs Spiky - What's the difference?

jagged | spiky |

As adjectives the difference between jagged and spiky

is that jagged is unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut while spiky is having spikes, spiny.

As a verb jagged

is (jag).

jagged

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
  • Having a rough quality.
  • (computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (jag)
    • English heteronyms

    spiky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having spikes, spiny.

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