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Scaly vs Scales - What's the difference?

scaly | scales |

As nouns the difference between scaly and scales

is that scaly is the scaly yellowfish, species: Labeobarbus natalensis while scales is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective scaly

is covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.

As a verb scales is

third-person singular of scale.

scaly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
  • Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
  • (dated, vulgar, or, South African) Mean; low.
    • a scaly fellow
  • Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia scaly) (Scaly Yellowfish) (Labeobarbus natalensis) (scalies)
  • (South Africa) The scaly yellowfish, .

    • Anagrams

    * *

    scales

    English

    (wikipedia scales)

    Noun

    (head)
    • (en-plural noun)
  • A device for measuring weight.
    • The butcher put the sausages on the scales .

    Derived terms

    * tip the scales

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scale)