grizzled vs grizzly

grizzled

adj
  • greyed, old 

  • streaked or mixed with grey; grizzly; griseous 

  • grey or partly grey 

grizzly

adj
  • Grey-haired, greyish. 

  • Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way. 

noun
  • In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. 

  • A grizzly bear. 

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