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Snowy vs Stormy - What's the difference?

snowy | stormy |

As adjectives the difference between snowy and stormy

is that snowy is covered with snow while stormy is of or pertaining to storms.

snowy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered with snow.
    • snowy hills
  • Resembling snow.
    • a snowy beard
  • When snow is falling.
    • a snowy day

    Synonyms

    * (covered with snow ): besnowed, snow-covered * (white as snow ): (as) white as snow, snow-white

    Derived terms

    * snowily * snowiness * snowy auk * snowy egret * snowy falcon * snowy hare * snowy heron * snowyish * snowy lemming * * snowy orchid * snowy owl * snowy pear * snowy petrel * snowy plover * * snowy tree cricket

    stormy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or pertaining to storms.
  • Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
    • a stormy''' season or ''a '''stormy day
  • * 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
    • Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.
  • Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
    • a stormy''' sound'' or '''''stormy shocks
  • Violent; passionate; rough.
    • stormy passions

    Antonyms

    * calm