Scratchy vs Raspy - What's the difference?
scratchy | raspy |
Characterized by es.
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*:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy -looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
Annoying, irritating, itchy.
Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
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(of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.
Irritable.
* Louisa May Alcott, Little Wives
As adjectives the difference between scratchy and raspy
is that scratchy is characterized by es while raspy is (of sound) rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.scratchy
English
Adjective
(er)raspy
English
Adjective
(er)- His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy .
- I don't wish to get raspy , so let's change the subject.