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Starry vs Scarry - What's the difference?

starry | scarry |

As adjectives the difference between starry and scarry

is that starry is having stars visible while scarry is like a scar, or rocky eminence.

starry

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having stars visible.
    • Starry starry night, Portraits hung in empty halls, Frameless heads on nameless walls, With eyes that watch the world and can't forget - a song about called "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)"
  • Shaped like a star.

    • scarry

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a scar, or rocky eminence.
  • Bearing scars, or marks of wounds.
    • (Holinshed)
    (Webster 1913)