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Springier vs Springer - What's the difference?

springier | springer |

As an adjective springier

is comparative of springy.

As a noun springer is

a person that springs.

springier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (springy)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    springy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.
    • The soft peat was springy under her feet.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , We had now reach'd the closest point of union; but when he backened to come on the fiercer, as if I had been actuated by a fear of losing him, in the height of my fury I twisted my legs round his naked loins, the flesh of which, so firm, so springy to the touch, quiver'd again under the pressure}}

    Synonyms

    * bouncy * elastic * resilient

    Antonyms

    * unspringy

    Derived terms

    * springily * springiness * unspringy

    Anagrams

    *

    springer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person that springs.
  • Anything that springs.
  • A spring salmon.
  • A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).
  • A springing cow.
  • A springer spaniel.
  • A springbok.

    • Derived terms

    * cross-springer, cross springer * English springer * mudspringer * secret springer * springer antelope * springer fork * springer point * springer spaniel * springer-up * Welsh springer

    Related terms

    * Eptatretus springeri * klippspringer, klipspringer * Springer illusion