buff vs rugged

buff

adj
  • Unusually muscular. 

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

  • Physically attractive. 

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. 

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. 

rugged

adj
  • Rough with bristly hair; shaggy. 

  • Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven. 

  • Violent; rude; boisterous 

  • Having a rug or rugs. 

  • Covered with a rug. 

  • Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous 

  • Harsh; grating; unpleasant sounding or looking 

  • Rocky and bare of plantlife. 

  • Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough. 

  • Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions. 

  • Harsh; austere; hard 

  • Vigorous; robust; hardy 

  • Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled 

  • Strong, sturdy, well-built. 

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