Overweight vs. Chubby — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Overweight and Chubby
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Overweight
Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary.
Chubby
Rounded and plump.
Overweight
Weighing more than is normal, necessary, or allowed, especially having more body weight than is considered normal or healthy for one's age or build.
Chubby
(Informal) A chubby person.
Overweight
More weight than is normal, necessary, or allowed.
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Chubby
Vulgar Slang An erection of the penis.
Overweight
Greater weight or importance; preponderance.
Chubby
Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
Obviously the chubby child was eating too much.
Overweight
To weigh down too heavily; overload.
Chubby
Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
It’s quite normal for babies to have chubby cheeks.
Overweight
To give too much emphasis, importance, or consideration to.
Chubby
A chubby, plump person
Overweight
(of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
Chubby
An overweight or obese gay man.
Overweight
Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
Chubby
(slang) A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.
Hey, Lucius, I just wanted to share a piece of personal information with you. I've got a... a chubby right now because [starts screaming] This is one of the most awesome experiences of my life!—Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Overweight
Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
Chubby
Like a chub; plump, short, and thick.
Overweight
An excess of weight.
Chubby
Euphemisms for slightly fat;
A generation ago...buxom actresses were popular
Chubby babies
Pleasingly plump
Overweight
The condition of being overweight.
Overweight
(countable) An overweight person.
Overweight
A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
Apple common stock is one of our overweights.
Overweight
(transitive) To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on.
Overweight
(transitive) To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.
Overweight
Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
Overweight
Superabundance of weight; preponderance.
Overweight
Overweighing; excessive.
Overweight
Having a weight in excess of what is normal, proper, or expected; as, the doctor recommends dieting to all his overweight patients; overweight luggage will incur an extra charge.
Overweight
The property of excessive fatness
Overweight
Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
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