Sandy vs Rocky - What's the difference?
sandy | rocky |
Covered with sand.
Sprinkled with sand.
Like sand, especially in texture.
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Having the colour of sand.
Unstable; easily rocked.
In the style of rock and roll music.
(figuratively) Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress.
Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.
Like a rock.
(figuratively) Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.
As adjectives the difference between sandy and rocky
is that sandy is covered with sand while rocky is unstable; easily rocked.As proper nouns the difference between sandy and rocky
is that sandy is a diminutive of the male given name Alexander while Rocky is a male given name, pet form of Rocco.As a noun Sandy
is shortened form of Sand Dancer.sandy
English
Adjective
(er)Derived terms
* Great Sandy DesertSee also
*rocky
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(en-adj)- The table was rocky , so we put a book under one leg.
- His new album is quite rocky .
- Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
Derived terms
* rocky chairEtymology 2
From .Adjective
(er)- a rocky mountain
- a rocky shore
- ''the rocky orb of a shield
