What's the difference between fluey and fluky?

Fluey


Definition:

  • (a.) Downy; fluffy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He said: “The day after I had the vaccine I felt a bit fluey and had a sore arm but by the evening I was absolutely fine.
  • (2) My arms and legs just felt very heavy, it could make you feel quite fluey.” After the aches failed to disappear, Rumble, a fundraiser for Hafan Dda NHS trust and supporter of the British Heart Foundation, went back to the doctor, who put her on a different statin, Rosuvastatin.

Fluky


Definition:

  • (a.) Formed like, or having, a fluke.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His charmed team, on salaries of about £350,000, are all getting bonuses: there's Paul Plummer, the strategy director, landing a serendipitous £59,759; Robin "fluky" Gisby, the operations director, and Simon "butter side up" Kirby, the infrastructure projects managing director, who are getting £63,708 each; and, last but not least, group finance director Patrick "the scratchcard wonder" Butcher whose Thank You for Turning Up to Work present this year is £67,658.
  • (2) The appearance of Fasciola cercariae in aquatic rice fields of fluky areas was investigated by using a metacercaria-detecting buoy.
  • (3) Ever since she was promoted to étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet at the dazzlingly young age of 19, Sylvie Guillem has been the superballerina of our time, celebrated not only for the fluky perfection of her body, but for the extraordinary glamour she radiates on stage.

Words possibly related to "fluey"

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