Stodgy vs Clumsy - What's the difference?
stodgy | clumsy |
(of food) having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
dull, old-fashioned
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*:"What's the matter with you?" -- "Nothing. I'm sorry to be so damned emotional, but for six months I've been starved for beauty." -- "You used to be so matter of fact. It's very interesting to hear you say that." -- "Damn it all, I don't want to be interesting," laughed Philip. "Let's go and have a stodgy tea ."
awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
A person.
As adjectives the difference between stodgy and clumsy
is that stodgy is having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach while clumsy is awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.As a noun clumsy is
a clumsy person.stodgy
English
Adjective
(er)- I gave up trying to get that stodgy club to try anything new.
- The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.
clumsy
English
Adjective
(er)- He's very clumsy . I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
- It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
- What a clumsy joke...
