Piggy vs Puggy - What's the difference?
piggy | puggy |
(hypocoristic) A pig (the animal).
(hypocoristic) A guinea pig.
* 2009 , Elvio Romeo, The Ultimate Guinea Pig Handbook (page 56)
(hypocoristic, slang) A toe.
(mildly, derogatory) A pig, a greedy person.
(derogatory, slang, UK) A member of the police.
greedy
slovenly, dirty
Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.
(Australia, New Zealand) sticky, claylike
As adjectives the difference between piggy and puggy
is that piggy is greedy while puggy is resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.As a noun piggy
is (hypocoristic) a pig (the animal).piggy
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Alternative forms
* piggieNoun
(piggies)- This little piggy went to market.
- If you're dead-set on breeding your piggies , here are some things to remember and purchase
- He has such cute piggies !
- Can't you finish your dinner? You've been a piggy , haven't you?
Derived terms
* piggilyAdjective
(er)puggy
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Adjective
(er)- a puggy nose