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Ropy vs Roopy - What's the difference?

ropy | roopy |

As adjectives the difference between ropy and roopy

is that ropy is resembling a rope while roopy is hoarse.

ropy

English

Alternative forms

* ropey

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Resembling a rope.
  • Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
  • (British, colloquial) Of poor quality; in poor health.
  • *2012 , The Economist, Sept. 8th, " Emigration: On The Road"
  • *:Although Britain’s migration figures are ropey , other data point in the same direction.
  • (of milk or another liquid) Slimy, as'' after the action of ''Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.

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    * rope

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    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.

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