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Scrunch vs Scrunchy - What's the difference?

scrunch | scrunchy |

As nouns the difference between scrunch and scrunchy

is that scrunch is a crunching noise while scrunchy is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a verb scrunch

is to crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

scrunch

English

Verb

  • To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
    • He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.
  • * 1793–1799 , Robert Townson, Tracts and Observations in Natural History and Physiology , page 154:
    • and the scrunching of ashes under our feet I have often observed to be disagreeable to many.
  • * 1800 , Walter Besant, James Rice, With Harp and Crown , page 828:
    • Then I put them under my heel, and scrunched them up, every one.

    See also

    * scrunchie * scrunch up

    Noun

    (scrunches)
  • A crunching noise.

    • scrunchy

    English

    Noun

    (scrunchies)