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Wormy vs Wormish - What's the difference?

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Wormish is a synonym of wormy.



As adjectives the difference between wormy and wormish

is that wormy is of or like a worm or worms while wormish is like a worm.

wormy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of or like a worm or worms.
  • Infested with worms.

    • Synonyms

    * (of or like a worm''): vermian, vermicular (''in shape''), vermiform (''in shape ) * (infested with worms ): worm-eaten, wormed

    Derived terms

    * wormily * worminess

    wormish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a worm.
  • * 1917? , Edwin L. Sabin, How Are You Feeling Now? (page 70)
    • He has scarcely time wishfully to choose the prettiest one of the nurses who look curiously down from the windows above when he glides, still wormish , underneath a portcullis, which clangs behind him like the clang of doom, and the elevator slowly ascends.

    Synonyms

    * wormy