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Logy vs Sophy - What's the difference?

logy | sophy |

As nouns the difference between logy and sophy

is that logy is terms formed with the -logy suffix while Sophy is a former title of the rulers of Persia; Shah.

As an adjective logy

is slow to respond or react; lethargic.

As a proper noun Sophy is

{{given name|female|from=Ancient Greek}}, a variant of Sophia and Sophie.

logy

English

Etymology 1

Attested from the 19th century, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch log "heavy, dull".

Adjective

(er)
  • Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
  • * 1910 , " Duck Eats Yeast," The Yakima Herald :
    • Perkins discovered his prize duck in a logy condition.
  • * 1956 . “I was still logy with sleep; I shook my head to try to clear it”. Double Star .
    • The steering seems logy , you have to turn the wheel well before you want to turn.

    Etymology 2

    Nominalization of the -logy suffix.

    Noun

    (logies)
  • Terms formed with the -logy suffix.
  • * 1856 , Joseph Young, Demonology; or, the Scripture doctrine of Devils , page 372:
    • The many Logies and Isms that have lately come into vogue.
  • * 1891 , (Thomas Hardy), (w, Tess of the d'Urbervilles) , :
    • The perception arrested him less when he reflected that what are called advanced ideas are really in great part but the latest fashion in definition—a more accurate expression, by words in logy and ism, of sensations which men and women have vaguely grasped for centuries.

    sophy

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a variant of Sophia and Sophie.

    • Noun

    (Sophies)
  • A former title of the rulers of Persia; Shah

    • Anagrams

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