Yellowy and yellowish
Could someone help me? What's the difference between yellowy and yellowish? And are there any dictionaries or researches which can prove that?
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I looked at the dictionaries, and they are no help here. The two suffixes really do sort of mean the same thing. The difference lies in usage, I would say, and I don't think you will find documentation on that apart from this post and others like it.
- I looked at the dictionaries, and they are no help here.
- The two suffixes really do sort of mean the same thing.
- The difference lies in usage, I would say, and I don't think you will find documentation on that apart from this post and others like it.
- I am an American native.
- "Yellowy" is much rarer than "yellowish".
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I looked at the dictionaries, and they are no help here. The two suffixes really do sort of mean the same thing. The difference lies in usage, I would say, and I don't think you will find documentation on that apart from this post and others like it. I am an American native.
"Yellowy" is much rarer than "yellowish". You would need a reason to use "yellowy". For example, grass green is ye
0There's much overlap in the meaning of the two, and some may consider them interchangeable. However to me, I would interpret "yellowish" as "kind of (or somewhat) yellow", and "yellowy" as "partly or mostly yellow in colouration/hue".
Take a look at entry #2 for "-ish" in the link below.
0The meaning is similar: having a color that is in some way related to the standard color yellow. They are essentially interchangeable, but "yellowy" has a slightly humorous or ironic tone.
He's got yellowish teeth from drinking so much coffee every day. (If you said instead "yellowy teeth," it would imply that you think it's icky.)
The pages of this book have become ye
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