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Seamy vs Spiff - What's the difference?

seamy | spiff |

As an adjective seamy

is sordid, squalid or corrupt.

As a noun spiff is

(uncountable) attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.

As a verb spiff is

(usually with up ) to make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date).

seamy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Sordid, squalid or corrupt.
  • * 2013 , Sam Jones and Shiv Malik Lou Reed, lead singer of Velvet Undergound, dies aged 71 , The Guardian Online
    • Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, seamier and more desperate side and one of the most influential and distinctive songwriters of his generation has died at the age of 71.
  • * 1987 ,
    • She just hadn't been aware, having considered such tales rather seamy while growing up.
  • Having or showing a seam.

    • Derived terms

    * seaminess

    Anagrams

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    spiff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner
  • :Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.
  • (countable, dated) A well-dressed man
  • (countable, sales jargon) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
  • (countable, colloquial, Jamaica) a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette; a joint
  • *2000 , Leone Ross, Tasting Songs'', in ''Dark Matter (ed. Sheree R. Thomas), p76
    • She rolled a spiff for us as she spoke, sifting the ganja between her fingers...
  • *2004 , Sander L. Gilman, Xun Zhou, Smoke: A Global History of Smoking , p144
    • ...someone else built a spiff which he lit and gave to me...

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (usually with up ) to make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
  • :Our productivity would surely increase if we'd just spiff up this office a bit.
  • to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
  • to throw.
  • :I spiffed the turf over the edge and it went straight through the window and hit the officer.

    • Synonyms

    *spruce (as in spruce up)

    Derived terms

    *spiff up *spiffy

    See also

    *spliff