different between scruffy vs seamy

English

Etymology

scruff +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk??.fi/
• Rhymes: -?fi

Adjective

scruffy (comparative scruffier, superlative scruffiest)

1. Untidy in appearance.

   A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road.

2. Scurfy.

Derived terms

• scruffily
• scruffiness

Translations

See also

• scruff

Noun

scruffy (plural scruffies)

1. (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats".

English

Etymology

seam +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?mi/

Adjective

seamy (comparative seamier, superlative seamiest)

1. Sordid, squalid or corrupt.
   • 2013, Sam Jones and Shiv Malik Lou Reed, lead singer of Velvet Undergound, dies aged 71, The Guardian Online

     Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, seamier and more desperate side and one of the most influential and distinctive songwriters of his generation has died at the age of 71.

   • 1987, David Brin, The Uplift War, Phantasia Press

     She just hadn't been aware, having considered such tales rather seamy while growing up.

2. Having or showing a seam.

Derived terms

• seaminess

Anagrams

• Mayes, Mayse, aymes, samey, syame