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Turgid vs Puffy - What's the difference?

turgid | puffy |

As adjectives the difference between turgid and puffy

is that turgid is distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force while puffy is of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated.

turgid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
  • I have a turgid limb.
  • (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
  • Synonyms

    * (distended beyond the natural state) bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumid * (tediously pompous) bombastic, grandiose, pompous

    puffy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated
  • Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner
  • Derived terms

    *foofy *poofy