Stuffy vs Snuffy - What's the difference?
stuffy | snuffy |
Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
Angry and obstinate; sulky.
Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
(US, Canada, colloquial, often, childish) A stuffed animal or other plush toy.
As adjectives the difference between stuffy and snuffy
is that stuffy is poorly ventilated; partially plugged while snuffy is soiled with snuff.As a noun stuffy
is (us|canada|colloquial|often|childish) a stuffed animal or other plush toy.stuffy
English
Adjective
(er)- I can't smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
- Let's go outside – it's getting stuffy in here.
- The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.