Wispy vs Waspy - What's the difference?
wispy | waspy |
Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.
Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
* 2001 , Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark
Infested with wasps.
(slang) Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
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As adjectives the difference between wispy and waspy
is that wispy is consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle while waspy is (label) of, related to, or characteristic of a wasp (white anglo-saxon protestant) or the culture of wasps.wispy
English
Adjective
(er)- The wispy smoke rose from chimneys all around town.
waspy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline.
- a waspy apple
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
* WASPyAdjective
(en adjective)citation