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Rubbery vs Springy - What's the difference?

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Rubbery is a related term of springy.


As adjectives the difference between rubbery and springy

is that rubbery is of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency while springy is that returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.

rubbery

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.
    • What a bad restaurant! The beef was so rubbery I thought I'd never finish chewing it.

    springy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.
    • The soft peat was springy under her feet.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , We had now reach'd the closest point of union; but when he backened to come on the fiercer, as if I had been actuated by a fear of losing him, in the height of my fury I twisted my legs round his naked loins, the flesh of which, so firm, so springy to the touch, quiver'd again under the pressure}}

    Synonyms

    * bouncy * elastic * resilient

    Antonyms

    * unspringy

    Derived terms

    * springily * springiness * unspringy

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