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Roopy vs Rooty - What's the difference?

roopy | rooty |

As adjectives the difference between roopy and rooty

is that roopy is hoarse while rooty is full of roots.

roopy

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (Scotland)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Hoarse.
  • *1863 , Charles Dickens, David Copperfield :
    • But he said he had observed I was sometimes hoarse — a little roopy was his exact expression — and it should be, every drop, devoted to the purpose he had mentioned.
  • *1934 , P G Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves :
    • It wasn't in its essentials a musical voice, being on the thick side and a shade roopy . If I'd been its owner, I'd have given more than a little thought to the subject of tonsils.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    rooty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of roots.
    • rooty ground
    (Webster 1913)