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downy vs down

down vs downy

downy is not a noun while down is a noun.

downy and down both are adjectives.

downy is not a verb while down is a verb.

downy is not an adverb while down is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
downy No Yes No No
down Yes Yes Yes Yes
downy (noun) down (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
soft fine feathers
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
downy (adjective) down (adjective)
covered with fine soft hairs or down being or moving lower in position or less in some value
like down or as soft as down filled with melancholy and despondency
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
lower than previously
shut
being put out in a game of baseball
understood perfectly
downy (verb) down (verb)
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
drink down entirely
eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down
downy (adverb) down (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
in an inactive or inoperative state
to a lower intensity
from an earlier time
Difference between downy and down

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