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Scruffy vs Tatty - What's the difference?

scruffy | tatty |

As adjectives the difference between scruffy and tatty

is that scruffy is untidy in appearance while tatty is dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn.

As nouns the difference between scruffy and tatty

is that scruffy is {{cx|informal|lang=en}} An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats" while tatty is potato.

scruffy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • untidy in appearance

    • Related terms

    * scruffiness

    See also

    * scruff

    Noun

    (scruffies)
  • An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats".

    • tatty

    English

    Noun

    (tatties)
  • (Northern England, Geordie, slang) potato

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • Dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn
    • The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.

    See also

    * tatty bye ----