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Pilly vs Spilly - What's the difference?

pilly | spilly |

As adjectives the difference between pilly and spilly

is that pilly is covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear) while spilly is prone to spilling.

pilly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).
    • After many washings, my favorite sweater is faded and pilly .

    spilly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Prone to spilling.
  • * 1980 , Fannie Hurst, Anatomy of me
  • *:Then Jeffry, with heavy-handed humor which ill became him, complained within her hearing that most of his oyster stew, spilly food which he had intentionally ordered, had poured over into his coffee.
  • * 2007 , Mavis Kirkham, Exploring the dirty side of women's health
  • *:[He was] very windy, and he was very spilly right from the beginning. Just really spilly after every feed, numerous clothing changes for him and for me.