different between purry vs spurry

English

purr +? -y

purry (comparative more purry, superlative most purry)

purring; inclined to purr
- 2003, John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer (page 74)
  "The little dear," came the nurse's voice low and purry and reassuring, "he's been sitting up worrying all night and he never bothered us once."
- 2009, Tui Sutherland, Bulldog Won't Budge (page 145)
  I gingerly patted Carbonel's back. His ears twitched, and I felt a rumble go through his fur. He was purring! “You have a very purry cat,” I said to Ellie.

Dutch or Old French spurrie; compare German Spergel, New Latin spergula.

spurry (countable and uncountable, plural spurries)

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