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Woofy vs Woody - What's the difference?

woofy | woody |

As adjectives the difference between woofy and woody

is that woofy is having a close texture; dense while woody is covered in woods; wooded.

As a noun 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.

woofy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) Having a close texture; dense
  • Prone to woofing
  • Similar in sound to the woof of a dog.

    • References

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    woody

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered in woods; wooded.
  • (obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
    • 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.
  • Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
  • (botany) Non-herbaceous.
    • Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
  • (botany) Lignified: "the woody parts of a plant".

    • Noun

    (woodies)
  • A station wagon that has a retro wooden exterior, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
  • (vulgar, slang) An erection.

    • See also

    * wood * wooden * wooded