What's the difference between mangy and tangy?

Mangy


Definition:

  • (superl.) Infected with the mange; scabby.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They make you stand with a mangy dog and force you to be mawkish: "This is Fido - he needs a new home.
  • (2) What, after all, do a majority of votes matter, when your opponent has described you to history as a "mangy maggot", " the old desiccated coconut ", "araldited to the seat" and a "dead carcass, swinging in the breeze"?
  • (3) The skittering, mangy, foot-long residents of New York .
  • (4) It will not show the squalor of his hideout, and the mangy food he is forced to eat.
  • (5) A medieval world of ancient bazaars, dark, narrow alleyways and hand-pulled carts, this is India at its most extreme, and its most saddening: gangrenous beggars, crippled goats and mangy dogs are only some of the sights you’ll witness.
  • (6) She kills 'em but they keep coming, like a burst dog pipe shooting out a jet of mangy mutts.
  • (7) Mangy dogs scuttle through deserted alleys; men lounge listlessly in courtyards, seeking shade from the oppressive heat.
  • (8) The mange epizootic spread northwards through Finland and reached Sweden in late 1975, when mangy foxes appeared in the northern part of the country.

Tangy


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Gellatly believes that anyone can make their own bread at home and, for a sourdough loaf, the process begins with a tangy starter (sometimes also known as a mother or leaven).
  • (2) Dohse, who is the managing director of the Malawi-based company TreeCrops – which buys and processes baobab and other wild-plant products – believes the world’s appetite for the tangy fruit is sharpening.
  • (3) The food, Korean, is cheap (starters less than a fiver; mains under £8) and very good: bibimbap, of course, also crisp fried mandu (dumplings) with homemade soy; tangy blanched and pickled veg; sizzling marinated beef; fat pork belly with garlic, kimchi and spicy doenjang sauce.
  • (4) Soak it in hot water and you get the essence of dashi, the stock base of the tangy broths and consommés the Japanese love.
  • (5) 7:381-388, 1989; F. Tangy, A. McAllister, and M. Brahic, J. Virol.
  • (6) Nectarine and feta salad Tynegal's nectarine and feta salad is frash and tangy – perfect for alfresco eating.
  • (7) These bhajis are gluten-free, and when served with the tangy dairy-free mango and mint dip create a compelling party combination, suitable for a host of free-from needs.
  • (8) The crispy-tangy dosa cone pops with spice, crunch and surprise.
  • (9) A sample choripán cubano of coarse chorizo grilled with tangy, verdant chimichurri , offered several layers of texture and flavour.
  • (10) It is a must for fish food lovers with dishes such as delicately cooked whiting fish fingers with tangy pesto-based tartare sauce; or the Connemara Smokehouse board with locally sourced smoked salmon and peppered mackerel accompanied by homemade brown bread.
  • (11) Start with a succulent lemony ceviche, topped with bright green salsa, then move on to pulpo (octopus), then, perhaps, cochinita pibil , tangy pulled pork from the Yucatán.
  • (12) Seating is in stalls in the shabby-chic interior and dishes include tangy cheeses, smoked cod with crushed tomatoes and baked salmon with gherkins on mollete (soft white bread).
  • (13) Hypocrisy isn't funny You may have noted a strange, tangy smell in the air – strange but not wholly unfamiliar.
  • (14) So if you wanted a nice sandwich loaf, put some starter in and it will add a nice depth of flavour, some background tanginess.
  • (15) The eponymous tacacá (R$17, around £4.50) is a tangy soup with shrimp and an odd green leaf that numbs the diner's mouth slightly.
  • (16) Day Five By now, the starter should be bubbling away and smell tangy.
  • (17) They sniffed the tangy air, Bisto-kid style: 'The basis of the experience is the broth,' was the consensus.
  • (18) Peneques are small quesadillas, filled with tangy, fresh requesón cheese (Mexican ricotta), dipped in light batter and fried.
  • (19) To map the regions of the viral genome responsible for persistence and demyelination, cDNA clones of the entire genomes of the DA and GDVII strains were constructed and cloned into Bluescript plasmid (A. McAllister, F. Tangy, C. Aubert, and M. Brahic, Microb.
  • (20) That, and you'll also need some "starter culture", bacteria that will convert plain milk into tangy, creamy deliciousness.