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Towny vs Downy - What's the difference?

towny | downy |

As adjectives the difference between towny and downy

is that towny is characteristic of a town while downy is having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers.

As a noun towny

is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

towny

English

Noun

(townies)

    • Adjective

    (townier)
  • Characteristic of a town.
  • * 1947 , Lynn Doyle, Green oranges (page 87)
    • 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.

    downy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers.
    • The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.