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Puppy vs Puppylike - What's the difference?

puppy | puppylike |

As a noun puppy

is a young dog, usually cute and playful.

As a verb puppy

is to bring forth whelps; to pup.

As an adjective puppylike is

resembling a puppy.

puppy

English

Noun

(puppies)
  • A young dog, usually cute and playful.
  • A young rat.
  • A young seal.
  • (slang, usually, in the plural) A woman’s breast.
  • (informal) A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker.
    • I have another two dozen of these puppies to finish before I can go home.
  • (derogatory) A conceited and impertinent person.
  • * Addison
    • I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm.

    Synonyms

    * (young dog) dogling, pup, whelp * (young seal) pup * See also

    Derived terms

    * puppy fat * puppy love * hushpuppy * puppyhood * sick puppy * stress puppy

    Verb

  • To bring forth whelps; to pup.

    • puppylike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a puppy.
  • * 1990 , Simon Frith, Andrew Goodwin, On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word?
    • The image is of the young boy next door: sad, thoughtful, pretty, and puppylike . Lyrically his songs are about being let down and stood up, about loneliness...
  • * 2001 , Steven R Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training
    • The dog's appearance and behavior have been strongly influenced by a pervasive process of neoteny, causing it to remain more puppylike as an adult...