Towniest vs Tawniest - What's the difference?
towniest | tawniest |
(towny)
Characteristic of a town.
* 1947 , Lynn Doyle, Green oranges (page 87)
(tawny)
Of a light brown to brownish orange colour
* 1908 ,
A light brown to brownish orange colour
As adjectives the difference between towniest and tawniest
is that towniest is superlative of towny while tawniest is superlative of tawny.towniest
English
Adjective
(head)towny
English
Noun
(townies)Adjective
(townier)- The cousin might get the farm at Elias's death; but there was no telling. Elias didn't like him. He and his family were too towny for Elias. There was a danger that Elias might put the farm up for public auction, and live his latter days on the price.
tawniest
English
Adjective
(head)tawny
English
Adjective
(er)- They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.