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Shaggy vs Bristling - What's the difference?

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Shaggy is a related term of bristling.


As adjectives the difference between shaggy and bristling

is that shaggy is rough with long or thick hair, fur or wool; unshaven, ungroomed, or unbrushed while bristling is having bristles.

As a verb bristling is

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As a noun bristling is

the act of one who bristles.

shaggy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Rough with long or thick hair, fur or wool; unshaven, ungroomed, or unbrushed.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
    • They waited until Dorothy awoke the next morning. The little girl was quite frightened when she saw the great pile of shaggy wolves, but the Tin Woodman told her all. She thanked him for saving them and sat down to breakfast, after which they started again upon their journey.
  • Rough; rugged; jaggy.

    • Derived terms

    * shaggy dog story

    bristling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having bristles.
  • Showing anger.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Tottenham had hoped to make a statement of real intent against the title pace-setters and while manager Harry Redknapp did not secure the victory he craved, he at least saw his side match United every stride of the way in a game that fizzled out after a bristling start. }}

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who bristles.
  • * 1906 , Jack London, White Fang
    • When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.