Scruffy vs. Sloppy — What's the Difference?

Shabby and untidy or dirty

Careless and unsystematic; excessively casual

(of a man's face) having short, bristly hairs as a result of not having been shaved for a while

(of a garment) casual and loose-fitting

Shabby; untidy.

(of semi-fluid matter) containing too much liquid; watery

Chiefly British Scaly; scabby.

(of literature or behaviour) weakly or foolishly sentimental

Untidy in appearance.

Marked by or given to a lack of neatness or order; untidy

Scurfy.

Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention

(informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats".

(Informal) Oversentimental; gushy

Shabby and untidy;

Of, resembling, or covered with slop; muddy or slushy

Watery and unappetizing

Spotted or splashed with liquid.

Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

Imprecise or loose.

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

Lacking neatness or order;

Marked by great carelessness;