Frumpy vs Crumpy – What’s the difference?

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Frumpy vs Crumpy - What's the difference?
As adjectives the difference between frumpy and crumpy is that frumpy is dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable while crumpy is brittle; crisp.

frumpy

English

Adjective

(er)

  • Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
    • She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers.
  • (dated) Ill- or bad-tempered.

    • Related terms

    * frump
    * frumpily
    * frumpiness

    crumpy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective )

  • brittle; crisp
    • (Wright)

    (Webster 1913 )

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