Obese vs Pudgy - What's the difference?
obese | pudgy |
Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
As adjectives the difference between obese and pudgy
is that obese is obese while pudgy is fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.As a noun obese
is an obese person.obese
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(en adjective)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* obesity * obesesPhrases
* morbidly obese * super obeseSee also
* fat ----pudgy
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Adjective
(er)- The pudgy child had a difficult time running the mile.