buff vs burly

buff

adj
  • Unusually muscular. 

  • Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow. 

  • Physically attractive. 

noun
  • Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits. 

  • Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. 

  • A military coat made of buff leather. 

  • A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo. 

  • The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. 

  • Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition. 

  • A brownish yellow colour. 

  • A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. 

  • A person who is very interested in a particular subject. 

  • An effect that makes a character or item stronger. 

  • The bare skin. 

verb
  • To strike. 

  • To polish and make shiny by rubbing. 

  • To make a character or an item stronger. 

  • To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner. 

burly

adj
  • Large, well-built, and muscular. 

  • Great, amazing, unbelievable. 

  • Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both. 

  • Full of burls or knots; knotty. 

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