Misty vs Froggy - What's the difference?
misty | froggy |
With mist; foggy.
(figuratively) With tears in the eyes.
(childish, or, endearing) A frog.
* Children's poem, publishing date unknown
* Children's poem, publishing date unknown
(ethnic slur, offensive) A Frenchman.
Froglike.
Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
* 1938 , The American Legion Magazine
As a proper noun misty
is from the adjective "misty", reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.As a noun froggy is
(childish|or|endearing) a frog.As an adjective froggy is
froglike.misty
English
Adjective
(er)- It’s a very misty morning this morning - I can’t see a thing!
- ''Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.
Derived terms
* misty-eyedAnagrams
*froggy
English
Noun
(froggies)- This little froggy took a big leap
- This little froggy took a small
- This little froggy leaped sideways
- And this little froggy not at all
- And this little froggy went,
- hippity, hippity, hippity hop, all the way home.
- Hop little froggy , hop hop hop
- Hop little froggy , and don't you stop
Adjective
(en-adj)- Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.