Peaty vs Platy - What's the difference?
peaty | platy |
Of or resembling peat, especially the taste or smell.
* 2004 , Matthew Teller (editor), The Rough Guide to Britain ,
* 2009 , Jason Kawall, 17: Whisky and the Wild: On Preserving Methods and Distilleries'', Fritz Allhoff, Marcus P. Adams (editors), ''Whiskey and Philosophy: A Small Batch of Spirited Ideas ,
* 2014 , John E. Conway, Buckrammer's Tales: The Continuing Catboat Summers Adventures ,
Containing peat.
* 1977 , Derek A. Ratcliffe (editor), A Nature Conservation Review , Volume 2,
* 2004 , Patrick J. Michaels, Meltdown , 2005,
* 2013 , Ronald Turnbull, Walking Highland Perthshire ,
Resembling plates.
(heraldry) Of a field semy of plates.
(geology, mineralogy) Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.
A (tropical fish) of the genus Xiphophorus (also including the swordtails.)
As adjectives the difference between peaty and platy
is that peaty is of or resembling peat, especially the taste or smell while platy is resembling plates.As a noun platy is
a tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (also including the swordtails..peaty
English
Adjective
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- The ten-year-old Ardbeg is traditionally considered the saltiest, peatiest malt on Islay (and that's saying something).
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- Many are eagerly anticipating Bruichladdich's Octomore line—intended to be the peatiest whisky from Islay (with a peating level of 129 phenol ppm in the malt in 2003).
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- After dinner, Ned revealed that he had snuck aboard a bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail, one of the smokiest, peatiest , single malt Scotches this side of Edinburgh; a spirit “as deep and mysterious as the loch that gives it its name" and one that smacks of distilled pine tar.
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- The Drumochter Hills are a breeding haunt of dotterel, ptarmigan occur at high density, and where the ground is peatier , especially east of the Pass, golden plover and dunlin breed in company with these other birds at around 900 m.
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- The Palmer Drought Severity Index for Minnesota, our peatiest state, shows a tendency for wetter, not drier conditions.
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- Ben Feskineth lay undiscovered in deepest, peatiest Perthshire.
platy
English
Etymology 1
(plate) + (-y)Adjective
(-)Etymology 2
Noun
- I had a mixed community aquarium with several tetras, two mollies, some corydoras catfish, and a platy from a previous tank.