Perky vs. Puffy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Perky and Puffy
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Perky
Cheerful and lively
She certainly looked less than her usual perky self
Puffy
A short forceful exhalation of breath.
Perky
Buoyant and self-confident; briskly cheerful.
Puffy
A short sudden gust of wind.
Perky
Jaunty and appealing; sprightly
A perky tune.
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Puffy
A brief sudden emission of air, vapor, or smoke.
Perky
Small or firm and well-formed
"her perky, shapely little body" (Joyce Carol Oates).
Puffy
A short sibilant sound produced by a puff.
Perky
Lively.
She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.
Puffy
An amount of vapor, smoke, or similar material released in a puff.
Perky
Standing upright; firm.
The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.
Perky breasts
Puffy
An act of drawing in and expelling the breath, as in smoking tobacco.
Perky
Perk; pert; jaunty; trim.
There amid perky larches and pines.
Puffy
A swelling or rounded protuberance.
Perky
Characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness;
Buoyant spirits
His quick wit and chirpy humor
Looking bright and well and chirpy
A perky little widow in her 70s
Puffy
Puff pastry.
Puffy
A light soft pad for applying powder or lotion.
Puffy
A gathered, protruding portion of fabric.
Puffy
A light padded bed covering.
Puffy
An approving or flattering recommendation.
Puffy
A piece of writing, as on the jacket of a book, containing often exaggerated praise, used for promotional purposes.
Puffy
(Genetics) A localized region of swelling in certain chromosomes indicating the active synthesis of RNA.
Puffy
To blow in puffs.
Puffy
To come forth in puffs
Steam puffing from an engine.
Puffy
To breathe forcefully and rapidly
Huffed and puffed up the stairs.
Puffy
To emit puffs.
Puffy
To take puffs on smoking material
Puffing on a cigar.
Puffy
To swell or seem to swell, as with pride or air. Often used with up
He puffed up and glared at the importuning questioner.
Puffy
To emit or give forth in puffs.
Puffy
To impel with puffs.
Puffy
To smoke (a cigar, for example).
Puffy
To inflate or distend
The wind puffed out the sail.
Puffy
To fill with pride or conceit
The compliment puffed up his ego.
Puffy
To publicize with often exaggerated praise
Publishers who puff their new books.
Puffy
Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
Puffy
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
Puffy breath
A puffy fat man in a tracksuit came jogging around the corner.
Puffy
Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.
Puffy
Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor.
Puffy
Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
Puffy
Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing;
A bouffant skirt
Puffy
Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas;
Hungry children with bloated stomachs
He had a grossly distended stomach
Eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
Swollen hands
Tumescent tissue
Puffy tumid flesh
Puffy
Breathing heavily
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