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Rimy vs Slimy - What's the difference?

rimy | slimy |

As adjectives the difference between rimy and slimy

is that rimy is coated in rime while slimy is of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous.

As a noun slimy is

a ponyfish.

rimy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Coated in rime.

    • Anagrams

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    slimy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous.
    • Slimy things did crawl with legs
    Upon the slimy sea. —Coleridge.
  • (slang, figuratively) friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky.

    • Synonyms

    * (slippery) lubricous * (underhanded) conniving

    Noun

    (slimies)
  • A ponyfish.