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Sandpapery vs Sandpaperlike - What's the difference?

sandpapery | sandpaperlike | Synonyms |

Sandpapery is a synonym of sandpaperlike.


As adjectives the difference between sandpapery and sandpaperlike

is that sandpapery is resembling sandpaper while sandpaperlike is resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.

sandpapery

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling sandpaper.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 30, author=The New York Times, title=New CDs, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=A bruiser with a sandpapery voice, he was a reliable teller of corner-boy tales and, it seemed, a willing cog. }}

    sandpaperlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 3, author=Christopher Gray, title=Fidel Castro Slept Here, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=At the third-floor level runs a band of varying ornament, including projecting panels of glazed terra cotta surrounding roughened, sandpaperlike rectangles. }}

    Synonyms

    * sandpaperish * sandpapery