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Wiggly vs Wiggy - What's the difference?

wiggly | wiggy |

As adjectives the difference between wiggly and wiggy

is that wiggly is constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements while wiggy is crazy.

wiggly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements.
    • It is not easy to get a diaper onto a wiggly little baby.
  • (of a line) Made up of many curves

    • Synonyms

    * fidgety * jiggly * jumpy * squirmy

    wiggy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From wig out

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Crazy.
  • Uninhibited.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 13, author=Randy Kennedy, title=Art World Luminaries Recall Marcia Tucker, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“I thought I was pretty wiggy,” Mr. Baldessari said, “but she was wiggier than I was.”}}

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Wiglike.