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Jumpy vs Jerky - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between jumpy and jerky

is that jumpy is nervous and excited while jerky is characterized by physical jerking.

As a noun jerky is

lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

jumpy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Nervous and excited.

    • jerky

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Characterized by physical jerking.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , through Spanish charqui.

    Noun

  • Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
    • Derived terms
    * jerk * jerked beef * jerked meat
    See also
    * air-dried * biltong * freeze dried * Quechuan chunyu (freeze-dried potatoes) * pemmican, pemican * smoked meat * smoker * sun dried English terms with multiple etymologies