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Mealy vs Waxy - What's the difference?

mealy | waxy |

As adjectives the difference between mealy and waxy

is that mealy is describing a substance, especially a dry foodstuff such as grain, that resembles while waxy is resembling wax in texture or appearance or waxy can be (regional|colloquial) angry.

mealy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Describing a substance, especially a dry foodstuff such as grain, that resembles .
    • Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.

    Derived terms

    * mealy-mouthed: (adj) speaking disingenuously or with purposeful vagueness, as, metaphorically, speaking indistinctly with a mouthful of meal to confuse the listener; lying. "What a mealy-mouthed politician!"

    waxy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
    • Derived terms
    * waxily * waxiness * waxy cap, waxycap * waxy cast * waxy corn * waxy degeneration * waxy disease * waxy finger * waxy flexibility * waxy kidney * waxy liver * waxy maize * waxy monkey leaf frog * waxy potato * waxy spleen

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (regional, colloquial) Angry.
  • * 1913 ,
    • A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy , so I had to knock a quid off.