Fluffy vs Puffy - What's the difference?
fluffy | puffy |
Covered with fluff.
Light; soft; airy.
(colloquial) Warm and comforting.
(colloquial) Not clearly defined or explained; fuzzy.
* 2008 , R.Safley, Reagan's Game
Lightweight; superficial; lacking depth or seriousness.
* 2006 , Linda Nochlin, Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye (page 271)
Someone or something that is fluffy
Of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated
Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner
As adjectives the difference between fluffy and puffy
is that fluffy is covered with fluff while puffy is of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated.As a noun fluffy
is someone or something that is fluffy.As a proper noun Fluffy
is a popular given name for a pet, often for a cat.fluffy
English
Adjective
(er)- Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.
- I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.
- Being in love with my boyfriend gives me a fluffy feeling inside.
- Someone sold you the fluffy idea that brains triumphs over strength when you were picked last for the sports team.
- And she is represented reading with great concentration, and not some fluffy novel but the rather politically oriented and literary Le Figaro , its title prominent if upside down in the foreground.