What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Pikey vs Chav - What's the difference?

pikey | chav |

As nouns the difference between pikey and chav

is that pikey is a low-ranking soldier who merely carries a pike while chav is a working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.

As a verb pikey

is to steal.

pikey

English

Etymology 1

pike + -y

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low-ranking soldier who merely carries a pike.

    • Etymology 2

    From obsolete pike , to depart or travel, or possibly from turnpike (en) - needs to be confirmed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, pejorative) A working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically Irish Travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on run-down estates.
    • See also
    * charva * chav * yob * gypsy

    Etymology 3

    Derived from the stereotype that all gypsies or other travellers are thieves.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, slang, derogatory) to steal.

    • chav

    English

    (wikipedia chav)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, pejorative, offensive) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.
  • * 2011 , ‘Giving the poor a good kicking’, The Economist , 18 Jun 2011:
    • His book concerns ‘chavs ’, a supposed underclass of ill-educated, fast-breeding, violent and amoral poor people currently plaguing Britain.

    Synonyms

    * See

    Derived terms

    * chavelling * chavette * chavster * chavtastic * chavving * chavvy

    References

    * "Good news for chavs: they may be cool people soon" by Robin Young, The Times , 2004-10-19, accessed 2005-04-15 * World Wide Words: chav, by Michael Quinion, accessed 2005-04-15 * Posting by "Quizmonster" in The Answer Bank, 2005-02-22, accessed 2005-04-15 * Posting by "Dick Jones" in FrizzyLogic, 2004-03-19, accessed 2005-04-15 * "The Chavs are Coming", The Irish Times 2005-03-23, accessed 2005-04-15 * Bragg, M. 'The Adventure of English', London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2003: 26.

    See also

    * charva * mush * ned * pikey * scally

    Anagrams

    *