Wooly vs Woody - What's the difference?
wooly | woody |
(US)
(US)
Covered in woods; wooded.
(obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
(botany) Non-herbaceous.
(botany) Lignified: "the woody parts of a plant".
A station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
(vulgar, slang) An erection.
As adjectives the difference between wooly and woody
is that wooly is alternative form of lang=en while woody is covered in woods; wooded.As nouns the difference between wooly and woody
is that wooly is alternative form of lang=en while woody is a station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.As a proper noun Woody is
a male given name, from a nickname for Woodrow.wooly
English
Adjective
(er)- Put on a wooly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
- wooly hair
- That's the sort of wooly thinking that causes wars to start.
Noun
(woolies)woody
English
Adjective
(er)- with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.
- Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.