Stumpy vs Slumpy - What's the difference?
stumpy | slumpy |
Like or resembling a stump, short and cut off.
Characteristic of an economic slump.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 5, author=Mike Albo, title=If the Apple Store Sold Clothing ..., work=New York Times
, passage=Adidas presents a new line of sleek forward-looking clothes at midrange prices, invigorating slumpy SoHo in the process. }}
(UK, US, dialect) Easily broken through; boggy; marshy.
As adjectives the difference between stumpy and slumpy
is that stumpy is like or resembling a stump, short and cut off while slumpy is characteristic of an economic slump.stumpy
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(er)Derived terms
* stumpinessslumpy
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(en adjective)citation
- (Bartlett)