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Wintry vs Winterlike - What's the difference?

wintry | winterlike |

As adjectives the difference between wintry and winterlike

is that wintry is suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy while winterlike is resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.

wintry

English

Alternative forms

* wintery

Adjective

(er)
  • suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy
  • aged, white(-haired etc.)
  • chilling, cheerless

    • Synonyms

    * (suggestive or characteristic of winter) brumal, hibernal, hiemal

    Derived terms

    * unwintry * wintrify * wintrily * wintriness * wintry mix * wintry shower

    References

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    winterlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 9, author=Libby Nelson, title=Winter, Like Guest Uninvited, Drops In, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Well, in a season of meteorological extremes, perhaps it should not come as a great surprise to see several inches of hail accumulate in Yonkers on Tuesday night, creating scenes of winterlike wonder that residents were still dealing with on Wednesday. }}