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Scrabbly vs Scribbly - What's the difference?

scrabbly | scribbly |

As adjectives the difference between scrabbly and scribbly

is that scrabbly is characterised by scrabbling, or digging around while scribbly is like a scribble; roughly scrawled; illegible or messy.

scrabbly

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
  • * 1992 , G. W. Hawkes, Spies in the Blue Smoke (page 78)
    • That night under the porch there was a scrabbly sound, like a dog in a gravel pile, going steadily on under barks and groans and screeches. Something was digging down deeper.

    • scribbly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like a scribble; roughly scrawled; illegible or messy.