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Tubby vs Cubby - What's the difference?

tubby | cubby |

As nouns the difference between tubby and cubby

is that tubby is (pejorative|slang|often used teasingly) an overweight person while cubby is a small, confined space.

As an adjective tubby

is stout, rotund.

tubby

English

Adjective

(er)
  • stout, rotund
  • Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
    • a tubby violin

    Derived terms

    * tubbiness

    Noun

    (tubbies)
  • (pejorative, slang, often used teasingly) An overweight person.

    • Derived terms

    * Teletubby

    cubby

    English

    Noun

    (cubbies)
  • A small, confined space.

    • Derived terms

    * cubbyhole, or cubby hole * cubby house