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Thickset vs Stumpy - What's the difference?

thickset | stumpy |

As adjectives the difference between thickset and stumpy

is that thickset is having a short, heavy build; stout while stumpy is like or resembling a stump, short and cut off.

As a noun thickset

is a thick hedge.

thickset

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a short, heavy build; stout
  • Closely planted.
    • a thickset''' wood; a '''thickset hedge
    (Dryden)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thick hedge.
  • A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
    • (McElrath)
    (Webster 1913)

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    stumpy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like or resembling a stump, short and cut off.

    • Derived terms

    * stumpiness