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Punchy vs Munchy - What's the difference?

punchy | munchy |

As an adjective punchy

is having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous.

As a noun munchy is

(informal) a snack.

punchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous.
  • Behaving or appearing punch drunk.
  • (figuratively, of a person) Being over-reactive to routine events.
    • I was so sleep deprived I was starting to get punchy .
  • (skiing) A term used by Nordic skiers]] (especially [[skate skiing, skate skiers) to describe groomed snow that does not support the weight of a skier, especially when the skier’s weight is all on one ski, resulting a ski punching through the surface of the snow.
  • (dated) short and thick; fat; paunchy

    • Derived terms

    * punchily * punchiness

    munchy

    English

    Noun

    (munchies)
  • (informal) A snack.
  • * 2010 , Jinna Dodds, Light Song (page 64)
    • “I just stocked up the fridge with pop and there's candy bars in the cabinet, if you need a munchy .”
  • * 2007 , Cindy McClure, Mystery Under the Magnolia Tree (page 53)
    • They left together, and as they were buckling into the Blazer, his father asked, “ Do you want to tell me now or go to The CoffeeHouse and get a munchy first?”