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Scrappy vs Crappy - What's the difference?

scrappy | crappy |

As adjectives the difference between scrappy and crappy

is that scrappy is consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency while crappy is of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.

scrappy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.
  • (informal) Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive.
  • * 2012 , Mark Rice-Oxley, Underneath the Lemon Tree
    • In those days PGS [Portsmouth Grammar School] was full of sadistic staff and scrappy boys called things like Smudger, Muzz and Titch.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
    • , title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}

    Synonyms

    * (fragmentary): disconnected * (aggressive): feisty; pugnacious

    crappy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
    • That is such a crappy car.
    The referee just made a really crappy call.
    ''The food there used to be good but now it's crappy .
  • Bad, sick, or depressed.
    • I'm feeling really crappy - I think I need some fresh air.
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
    • Put the crappy diapers in the blue pail and the wet ones in the yellow pail.

    Alternative forms

    * crap (chiefly, UK)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "crappy" is often applied: job, day, weather, thing, food, movie, apartment, life, service, mood, hotel, car, phone, town, product, attitude, software, household goods.

    Synonyms

    * (covered in crap) shitty, poopy * (of very poor quality) shitty, lousy, tatty