Floppy vs Stiff - What's the difference?
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As adjectives the difference between floppy and stiff is that floppy is limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible while stiff is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible. As nouns the difference between floppy and stiff is that floppy is (computing) a floppy disk while stiff is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff . As a verb stiff is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
floppy English
Adjective
( er)
Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
* 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,
- The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.
Derived terms
* floppy disk, floppy disc
Noun
(floppies)
(computing) A floppy disk
Synonyms
* diskette
Derived terms
* mini-floppy
* micro-floppy
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stiff English
Adjective
(er)
Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff , retroussé moustache.
(lb) Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible.
Of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed.
(lb) Harsh, severe.
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Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed exercise.
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Potent.
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Dead, deceased.
Of a penis, erect.
Derived terms
* stiffy
Noun
( en noun)
An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff''''' or ''lucky '''stiff .
- A Working Stiff' s Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember was published in 2003.
A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him.
(slang) A cadaver, a dead person.
(US) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
See also
* bindlestiff
* See also ,
Verb
( en verb)
To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
- Realizing he had forgotten his wallet, he stiffed the taxi driver when the cab stopped for a red light.
* 1946 , William Foote Whyte, Industry and Society , page 129
- We asked one girl to explain how she felt when she was "stiffed ." She said, You think of all the work you've done and how you've tried to please [them…].
* 1992 , Stephen Birmingham, Shades of Fortune , page 451
- You see, poor Nonie really was stiffed' by Adolph in his will. He really ' stiffed her , Rose, and I really wanted to right that wrong.
* 2007 , Mary Higgins Clark, I Heard That Song Before , page 154
- Then he stiffed the waiter with a cheap tip.
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