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Slaty vs Slanty - What's the difference?

slaty | slanty |

As adjectives the difference between slaty and slanty

is that slaty is resembling the mineral slate while slanty is (informal) slanted.

slaty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Resembling the mineral slate.
  • * 1933-03 , Clark Ashton Smith, , Weird Tales :
    • Their faces and hands were yellow as saffron; their small and slaty eyes were set obliquely beneath lashless lids; and their thin lips, which smiled eternally, were crooked. as the blades of scimitars.

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    slanty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) slanted
  • * 2001 , Steve Stone, Where's Harry?
    • But Harry's thoughts on such things were, “If a guy has slanty eyes, why can't I say he has slanty eyes? If he had brown eyes, I could say he has brown eyes, couldn't I?” We're not here to debate political correctness

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