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Lossier vs Glossier - What's the difference?

lossier | glossier |

As adjectives the difference between lossier and glossier

is that lossier is comparative of lossy while glossier is comparative of glossy.

lossier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (lossy)

    • lossy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (telecommunications) of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength
  • (power systems) of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss
  • reducing the amount of information in data.
    • JPEG is a lossy image compression format.

    Antonyms

    * lossless

    glossier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (glossy)

    • glossy

    English

    (wikipedia glossy)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a smooth, silklike, reflective surface.

    • Antonyms

    * matte

    Noun

    (glossies)
  • (chiefly, British, informal) a glossy magazine
    • The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.