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Wiry vs Woolly - What's the difference?

wiry | woolly |

As adjectives the difference between wiry and woolly

is that wiry is thin, muscular and flexible while woolly is made of wool.

As a noun woolly is

(informal) a sweater or similar garment made of wool or woolly can be (liverpool|pejorative) someone not born in liverpool (especially from the towns of wigan, st helen's, widnes, warrington and runcorn).

wiry

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Thin, muscular and flexible.
    • Don't fight him. He may be small, but he's wiry .

    woolly

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wooly

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Made of wool.
    • Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
  • Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
    • woolly hair
  • (figuratively) Of thinking, principles, etc, based on emotion rather than logic.
    • That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
  • (figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
  • (obsolete) Clothed in wool.
  • * Shakespeare
    • woolly breeders
    Derived terms
    * woolly hat * woolly-headed, wooly-headed * woolly-minded (British) and (US), wooly-minded (US)

    Noun

    (woollies)
  • (informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool

    • Etymology 2

    From (woolyback).

    Noun

    (woollies)
  • (Liverpool, pejorative) Someone not born in Liverpool (especially from the towns of Wigan, St Helen's, Widnes, Warrington and Runcorn).