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Lossy vs Tossy - What's the difference?

lossy | tossy |

As adjectives the difference between lossy and tossy

is that lossy is (telecommunications) of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength while tossy is tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent.

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

    tossy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud, contemptuous, affectedly indifferent.
    • (Webster 1913)