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Puffed vs Luffed - What's the difference?

puffed | luffed |

As verbs the difference between puffed and luffed

is that puffed is (puff) while luffed is (luff).

As an adjective puffed

is inflated or swollen or puffed can be (informal) same as puffed out .

puffed

English

Etymology 1

from puff

Verb

(head)
  • (puff)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • inflated or swollen
  • consisting of a puff
  • (of cereals) expanded by the use of steam

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from puffed out .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Same as puffed out .

    • luffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (luff)

    • Anagrams

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    luff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
    • By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.
  • (nautical) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
  • (nautical) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
  • (nautical) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical, of a sail, intransitive) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
  • (nautical, of a boat, intransitive) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up )
  • (nautical) to let out [a sail] so that it luffs.
  • (mechanical) To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1999 , author=Howard I. Shapiro, Jay P. Shapiro, Lawrence K. Shapiro , title=Cranes and Derricks , page=95 , isbn=0070578893 citation , passage=The tower is mounted on a slewing platform, which also carries the power plant and the counterweights, while the jib is supported and luffed by fixed pendant ropes.}}

    Derived terms

    * luff alee * luffing crane * luff round * luff tackle * luff upon luff

    References