Burly
Fat
Fat adjective - Having an excess of body fat.
Usage example: the popular image of Santa Claus as a fat man in a red suit
Burly and fat are semantically related in large topic. Sometimes you can use "Burly" instead an adjective "Fat", if it concerns topics such as overweight.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Most notably with Bjorn, a character that went from being a slightly pudgy Big Guy who could easily be described as fat, to a burly wall of berserker muscle.
Source: Art Evolution / Anime and Manga -
Fat and Skinny: The thin, cynical Orc scout Tikker and his inexperienced nephew Kogg, a burly Orc/Ogre crossbreed, fit the trope perfectly.
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The horrified Lina promptly envisions a scene of dozens of people, young, old, women and men, all wearing Naga's outfit (including a geriatric old guy, a fat woman and a burly man) and all voicing their own equivalent of Naga's laugh.
Source: Cute but Cacophonic
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