Difference between Overweight and Fleshy

What is the difference between Overweight and Fleshy?

Overweight as an adjective is heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. while Fleshy as an adjective is of, related to, or resembling flesh.

Overweight

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An excess of weight.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place excessive weight or emphasis on

Example sentence: At my heaviest, I was 5'8" and 175 pounds. I ate well, but in too large quantities, and I rarely made a concerted effort to burn off the extra calories. I'd beat myself up about being overweight, even though I had the tools to be in shape. Then I'd resort to an unhealthy diet to lose the weight that was making me self-conscious.

Fleshy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, related to, or resembling flesh.(Of a person) Having a lot of flesh, especially in one's face. Antonymous to bony. "Fleshy" is not considered pejorative (as fat for example) and is normally used on men.

We hope you now know whether to use Overweight or Fleshy in your sentence.

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