Sootier vs Sooties - What's the difference?

As an adjective sootier

is (sooty).

(sooty).

(head)

(sooty)

(er)

of, relating to, or producing soot

* Milton

Fire of sooty coal.

soiled with soot

of the color of soot

* Milton

The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.

* sooty albatross * sooty tern

To blacken or make dirty with soot.

* Chapman

Sootied with noisome smoke.

(head)

(sooty)