different between yellowy vs creamy

English

Etymology

yellow +? -y

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?j?lo?.i/

Adjective

yellowy (comparative yellowier, superlative yellowiest)

1. Somewhat yellow; yellowish.
   • 1816, John Hamilton Reynolds, “The Fairies” in The Naiad: a Tale, with Other Poems, London: Taylor & Hessey, p. 62,^[1]

     Let the daisy, yellow-hearted,

     With its white leaves starry-parted,

     And the cowslips, yellowy pale,

     Serve her as a flowery veil—

   • 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, Part 1, Chapter Eight,^[2]

     […] the worn-out antiquity of Sulaco, so characteristic with its stuccoed houses and barred windows, with the great yellowy-white walls of abandoned convents behind the rows of sombre green cypresses […]

   • 1977, Breece D’J Pancake, “Trilobites” in The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, p. 24,^[3]

     I start the truck, drive west along the highway built on the dry bed of the Teays. There’s wide bottoms, and the hills on either side have yellowy billows the sun can’t burn off.

English

Etymology

cream +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i?mi/
• Rhymes: -i?mi

Adjective

creamy (comparative creamier, superlative creamiest)

1. Containing cream.

   creamy milk

2. Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.

   creamy chocolate

3. Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream.

   a creamy lotion

4. Having the colour of cream.
   • 2005, Emily Ellison, Chuck Perry, Liars and Legends, Thomas Nelson (?ISBN)

     The Altamaha-ha, as the serpent has been named, is said to be from twelve to twenty feet long, about two feet in diameter, and gunmetal gray on top with a creamy underside. Most descriptions suggest a creature that is part eel, part alligator, ...

Translations

Noun

creamy (plural creamies)

1. A horse with a cream-coloured coat.