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Stuffier vs Stuffer - What's the difference?

stuffier | stuffer |

As an adjective stuffier

is comparative of stuffy.

As a noun stuffer is

one who, or that which, stuffs.

stuffier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (stuffy)

    • stuffy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
    • I can't smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
    Let's go outside – it's getting stuffy in here.
  • Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
  • Angry and obstinate; sulky.
  • Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
    • The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

    Noun

    (stuffies)
  • (US, Canada, colloquial, often, childish) A stuffed animal or other plush toy.

    • Derived terms

    * stuffily * stuffiness

    Related terms

    * stuffed shirt

    stuffer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, stuffs.
    • a cushion-stuffer
  • A taxidermist.
  • Something which is stuffed into an enclosure, especially an advertising circular included with other mail.
  • One who conceals a package of illegal drugs by swallowing them.

    • Derived terms

    * envelope stuffer * stocking stuffer