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Stuffy vs Teddy - What's the difference?

stuffy | teddy |

As an adjective stuffy

is poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

As a noun stuffy

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

As a proper noun teddy is

a diminutive of the male given names edward and theodore.

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

    teddy

    English

    Noun

    (teddies)
  • By extension, any stuffed toy.
  • A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.
  • * 2003 , Michelle Lee, The Observer , 4 May 03:
    • Silk teddies and negligées up front, knickers fanned out on tables in the centre, bras hanging in the back - there are no minutes lost finding your bearings.

    Related terms

    * teddy bear