Nerdy vs Bookish - What's the difference?
nerdy | bookish |
(colloquial, derogatory, of a person) Being or like a nerd.
(colloquial, derogatory, of a quality or interest) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds.
Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books.
* 1783 , , The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ?, page 16
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
* 1996 , Helen L. Harrison, Pistoles/Paroles: Money and Language in Seventeenth-century French Comedy? , page 50
As adjectives the difference between nerdy and bookish
is that nerdy is (colloquial|derogatory|of a person) being or like a nerd while bookish is given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books.nerdy
English
(Nerd)Adjective
(er)- That guy is nerdy and weird.
- That is a nerdy song.
- I got a pair of nerdy glasses and clothes for Halloween.
Synonyms
* (like a nerd) nerdishSee also
* geekybookish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession.
- Obviously, neither Corneille nor the characters who laugh at excessively bookish speech avoid literary convention.