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Puny vs Pumy - What's the difference?

puny | pumy |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between puny and pumy

is that puny is (obsolete) a beginner, a novice while pumy is (obsolete) large and rounded.

As adjectives the difference between puny and pumy

is that puny is of inferior size, strength or significance while pumy is (obsolete) large and rounded.

As a noun puny

is (obsolete) a new pupil at a school etc; a junior student.

puny

English

Noun

(punies)
  • (obsolete) A new pupil at a school etc.; a junior student.
  • (obsolete) A younger person.
  • *, II.12:
    • a law that the eldest or first borne child shall succeed and inherit all: where nothing at all is reserved for Punies , but obedience.
  • (obsolete) A beginner, a novice.
    • (Fuller)
  • (archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate.

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • Of inferior size, strength or significance.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A puny subject strikes at thy great glory.
  • * Keble
    • Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * punny – relating to a pun ----

    pumy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) large and rounded
    • A gentle stream, whose murmuring wave did play / Amongst the pumy stones. — Spenser.
    (Webster 1913)