different between bulkier vs bullier

English

Adjective

bulkier

1. comparative form of bulky: more bulky

English

Etymology

bully +? -er

Adjective

bullier

1. comparative form of bully: more bully

Noun

bullier (plural bulliers)

1. (often with of) One who bullies.
   • 1992, David H. Demo and Ritch C. Savin-Williams, “Self-Concept Stability and Change during Adolescence”, in Richard P. Lipka and Thomas M. Brinthaupt (editors), Self-Perspectives Across the Life Span, State University of New York Press, ?ISBN, page 126:

     Bulliers frequently cause others to feel socially isolated and excluded through verbal, nonverbal, and physical harassment.

   • 2007, Martin Kantor, Lifting the Weight: Understanding Depression in Men, Its Causes and Solutions, Greenwood Publishing Group, ?ISBN, page 179:

     […] how cautious one must be when attempting to set limits on bulliers, and how it is sometimes better to be a bit bullied and feel temporarily depressed than to […]

   • 2010, Ethan Mordden, The Guest List: How Manhattan Defined American Sophistication—from the Algonquin Round Table to Truman Capote’s Ball, Macmillan, ?ISBN, unnumbered digital page:

     Even so, [Fiorello] La Guardia is commonly known as a bullier of bullies, a power-slinging crime fighter.

Usage notes

• Bully is much more common and often preferred.
• Bullier is used in coordination or contrast with other words ending in "er" and with bullied.
• Bullier is used with of or a possessive to identify or characterize the bully by the identity of the target. Bully is not usually used in this way.