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Wooly vs Shaggy - What's the difference?

wooly | shaggy |

As adjectives the difference between wooly and shaggy

is that wooly is (us) while shaggy is rough with long or thick hair, fur or wool; unshaven, ungroomed, or unbrushed.

As a noun wooly

is (us).

wooly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (US)
    • 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)
  • (US)

    • shaggy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Rough with long or thick hair, fur or wool; unshaven, ungroomed, or unbrushed.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
    • They waited until Dorothy awoke the next morning. The little girl was quite frightened when she saw the great pile of shaggy wolves, but the Tin Woodman told her all. She thanked him for saving them and sat down to breakfast, after which they started again upon their journey.
  • Rough; rugged; jaggy.

    • Derived terms

    * shaggy dog story