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Stuffy vs Fuggy - What's the difference?

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Stuffy is a related term of fuggy.


As adjectives the difference between stuffy and fuggy

is that stuffy is poorly ventilated; partially plugged while fuggy is muggy, stuffy, with bad ventilation.

As a noun stuffy

is (us|canada|colloquial|often|childish) a stuffed animal or other plush toy.

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

    fuggy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • muggy, stuffy, with bad ventilation
  • * {{quote-book, year=1921, author=Clutha N. Mackenzie, title=The Tale of a Trooper, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Mac and Smoky scorned the fuggy atmosphere of the lower decks, and proceeded to select a breezy spot on the after boat-deck. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=Horace Annesley Vachell, title=The Hill, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="It's horribly fuggy in here, and I've Jambi[1] to do; but I'm not going till you give me your word that you'll leave young Kinloch alone." }}