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Tawny vs Ruddy - What's the difference?

tawny | ruddy |

As adjectives the difference between tawny and ruddy

is that tawny is of a light brown to brownish orange colour while ruddy is reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

As nouns the difference between tawny and ruddy

is that tawny is a light brown to brownish orange colour while ruddy is ruddy duck.

As a verb ruddy is

to make reddish in colour.

tawny

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of a light brown to brownish orange colour
  • * 1908 ,
    • They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.

    Synonyms

    *

    Noun

  • A light brown to brownish orange colour

    • Derived terms

    * tawny owl * tawny port

    ruddy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
  • (British, slang) A mild intensifier.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * (reddish in color) rosy * (intensifier) bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming * See also

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (ruddies)
  • (informal) ruddy duck
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 4, author=Deborah Baldwin, title=Close to Nature, and the Airport, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In winter, snow geese land at West Pond, a Robert Moses legacy that ought to be called Duck Soup: at this time of year look for ruddies , greater scaups, Northern pintails, American widgeons and gadwalls. }}

    Verb

  • To make reddish in colour.
    • The sunset ruddied our faces.
    (Sir Walter Scott)
    English intensifiers