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Wady vs Waxy - What's the difference?

wady | waxy |

As a noun wady

is a ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a watercourse, which is dry except in the rainy season.

As an adjective waxy is

resembling wax in texture or appearance.

wady

English

Noun

(wadies)
  • A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a watercourse, which is dry except in the rainy season.
    • (Webster 1913)

    waxy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
    • Derived terms
    * waxily * waxiness * waxy cap, waxycap * waxy cast * waxy corn * waxy degeneration * waxy disease * waxy finger * waxy flexibility * waxy kidney * waxy liver * waxy maize * waxy monkey leaf frog * waxy potato * waxy spleen

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (regional, colloquial) Angry.
  • * 1913 ,
    • A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy , so I had to knock a quid off.