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Strapping vs Thickset - What's the difference?

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Strapping is a related term of thickset.


As adjectives the difference between strapping and thickset

is that strapping is (obsolete) of a young woman full of vigor; lusty while thickset is having a short, heavy build; stout.

As nouns the difference between strapping and thickset

is that strapping is adhesive plaster for strapping injuries while thickset is a thick hedge.

As a verb strapping

is .

strapping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of a young woman full of vigor; lusty.
  • Of a person of either sex; Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 12 , author=Les Roopanarine , title=Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright.}}

    Noun

  • Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
  • A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
  • A beating with a strap.

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    thickset

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a short, heavy build; stout
  • Closely planted.
    • a thickset''' wood; a '''thickset hedge
    (Dryden)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thick hedge.
  • A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
    • (McElrath)
    (Webster 1913)

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