different between rosy vs healthy

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o?zi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????zi/
• Rhymes: -??zi

Etymology 1

From rose +? -y

Adjective

rosy (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)

1. Rose-coloured.

   • If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.

2. Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
3. (figuratively) Optimistic.

Derived terms

• paint a rosy picture

Translations

Etymology 2

From Cockney rhyming slang, Rosie Lee.

Alternative forms

• Rosie (more common spelling, as per the etymology)

Noun

rosy (uncountable)

1. (slang, Britain) tea

   I wish a cup of Rosy.

   I fancy a cup of rosy lee.

Anagrams

• Syro-, roys, sory

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ros?]

Noun

rosy f

1. genitive singular of rosa

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?s?]

Noun

rosy

1. dative singular of rosa
2. locative singular of rosa
3. nominative dual of rosa
4. accusative dual of rosa

Malagasy

Noun

rosy

1. The Russian language.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.s?/

Noun

rosy f

1. inflection of rosa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

English

Etymology

From health +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?l.?i/
• Rhymes: -?l?i

Adjective

healthy (comparative healthier or more healthy, superlative healthiest or most healthy)

1. Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.

   Antonym: unhealthy
2. Conducive to health.

   Synonym: healthful

   Antonym: unhealthy
3. Evincing health.
4. (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.

Usage notes

When a clearer distinction is intended, healthy is used to describe the state of the object, and healthful describes its ability to impart health to the recipient. Vegetables in good condition are both healthy (i.e., not rotten or diseased) and healthful (i.e., they improve the eaters' health, compared to eating junk food). By contrast, a poisonous plant can be healthy, but it is not healthful to eat it.

Derived terms

Related terms

• heal
• healing
• whole

Translations

Further reading

• healthy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• healthy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.