Puffy vs. Poofy

Puffyadjective

Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.

Poofyadjective

(slang) Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated.

Puffyadjective

Coming or exhaling in puffs.

‘puffy breath’; ‘A puffy fat man in a tracksuit came jogging around the corner.’;

Poofyadjective

Capable of making a poofing sound.

Puffyadjective

Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.

Poofyadjective

Pertaining to, or describing homosexual behaviour or culture

Puffyadjective

Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor.

Poofyadjective

(of a person’s hair) styled so as to stand out from the head in a rounded shape; bouffant

‘people with gigantic poofy hair and jean jackets’;

Puffyadjective

Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.

Poofyadjective

(of clothing) puffed out

‘I'd never go for a poofy dress; it's not my style’;

Puffyadjective

being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing;

‘a bouffant skirt’;

Poofyadjective

characteristic of or like a homosexual or effeminate man.

Puffyadjective

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’;

Puffyadjective

breathing heavily