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Nummy vs Rummy - What's the difference?

nummy | rummy |

As adjectives the difference between nummy and rummy

is that nummy is (informal) delicious while rummy is (dated) peculiar; odd.

As a noun rummy is

(uncountable) a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

nummy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (informal) delicious

    • rummy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rummy)
  • (uncountable) a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
  • (countable) a rum-drinking alcoholic.

    • See also

    * rummy nose * rummy-nose tetra

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (dated) peculiar; odd
    • a rummy thing
  • Resembling or tasting of rum.
    • a rummy flavour

    Quotations

    * 1920 , , p. 28 *: "You say rummy' things and you do ' rummy things. What I mean to say is, you're impulsive."

    Synonyms

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