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Woolish vs Coolish - What's the difference?

woolish | coolish |

As adjectives the difference between woolish and coolish

is that woolish is resembling or characteristic of wool while coolish is (colloquial) quite cool.

woolish

English

Alternative forms

*woollish

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of wool.
  • * 1998 , Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early , High Water Press (1998), ISBN 0964662922, page 263:
    • He grabbed a woolish outfit and didn't realize until putting on the jacket that it was his Confederate uniform.
  • * 2004 , L. B. Richards, The Adventures of Charley Tooth , Vortex (2004), ISBN 9780843951363, page 279:
    • He also wore a woolish hat that he had down almost over his eyes.
  • * 2006 , C. S. Lovelace, Memoirs of a Lost Island: Remembrances of a Lifetime of Nantucket Summers , ISBN 9781430303633, page 106:
    • (If they had been in color, you would see the flash of gold and white against the green moors -- and, who knows, maybe some woolish grey?)
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    • Synonyms

    *woollike *wooly, woolly

    coolish

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Quite cool