What's the difference between beamy and seamy?

Beamy


Definition:

  • (a.) Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.
  • (a.) Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
  • (a.) Having horns, or antlers.

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Seamy


Definition:

  • (a.) Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The authors present the seamy side of the beneficial practice to handle erectile impotence with papaverine or with the papaverine-Regitin combination.
  • (2) This painting acknowledges its creator’s seamy mind, sleazy fantasies and onanism.
  • (3) Jeremy Thorpe, the Liberal leader, had been caught up in a seamy scandal concerning a youth called Norman Scott, which led finally to Thorpe's departure as party leader and then his prosecution and acquittal.
  • (4) Its seamy side once saw it dubbed Rio sur Mer, but I felt it was more like Paris in the sun.

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