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Massy vs Classy - What's the difference?

massy | classy |

As adjectives the difference between classy and massy

is that classy is elegant, highly stylish or fashionable while massy is heavy; massive.

As a noun massy is

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massy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Heavy; massive.
  • * 1587, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great
  • Their plumed helms are wrought with beaten gold, / Their swords enamell'd, and about their necks / Hang massy chains of gold down to the waist;
  • * 1874 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Heroic
  • When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars / With horrible convulsion to and fro
  • * 2003 October 5-8, J. A. Kosinski, 2003 IEEE Symposium on Ultrasonics , volume 1, ISBN 0-7803-7922-5, abstract, pages 70-73
  • We develop a set of six coupled equations governing the modal amplitudes and phase angles (mode-center offsets) for the flat, piezoelectric plate resonator with massy electrodes of unequal thickness.

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
  • "But Lors ha' massy , how did you get near such mud as that?" said Sally, ...
  • Anagrams

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    classy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.
  • That's a very classy outfit.
  • Of a superior type; especially, exhibiting admirable personal qualities.
  • That was a classy response.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=David Ornstein , title=Blackburn 0 - 4 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.}}

    Synonyms

    * * cool * trendy

    Derived terms

    * classily * classiness