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Mossiest vs Bossiest - What's the difference?

mossiest | bossiest |

As adjectives the difference between mossiest and bossiest

is that mossiest is (mossy) while bossiest is (bossy).

mossiest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (mossy)

    • mossy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered in or overgrown with moss.

    • Derived terms

    * mossy cell * mossy fiber, mossy fibre * mossy foot * mossy New Caledonian gecko * mossy saxifrage * mossiness * mossy-back, mossy-backed * * mossy-cup oak * mossy horn * mossy stonecrop * mossy zinc

    bossiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (bossy)

    • bossy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
    • Synonyms
    * dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible * see also

    Etymology 2

    Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term ).

    Noun

    (bossies)
  • (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
  • * about 1900 , O. Henry,
    • A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ornamented with bosses; studded.
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