Wooly vs Woolly - What's the difference?
Wooly is an alternative form of woolly. As adjectives the difference between wooly and woolly is that wooly is (us) (woolly) while woolly is made of wool. As nouns the difference between wooly and woolly is that wooly is (us) (woolly) while woolly is (informal) a sweater or similar garment made of wool or woolly can be (liverpool|pejorative) someone not born in liverpool (especially from the towns of wigan, st helen’s, widnes, warrington and runcorn).
wooly
English
Adjective
(er)
(US)
- Put on a wooly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
- wooly hair
- That’s the sort of wooly thinking that causes wars to start.
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woolly
English
Adjective
(er)
Made of wool.
- Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.
Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
- woolly hair
(figuratively) Of thinking, principles, etc, based on emotion rather than logic.
- That’s the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.
(figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
(obsolete) Clothed in wool.
* Shakespeare
- woolly breeders
Derived terms
* woolly hat
* woolly-headed, wooly-headed
* woolly-minded (British) and (US), wooly-minded (US)
Noun
(woollies)
(informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool
Etymology 2
From (woolyback).
Noun
(woollies)
(Liverpool, pejorative) Someone not born in Liverpool (especially from the towns of Wigan, St Helen’s, Widnes, Warrington and Runcorn).
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