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Barney vs Barny - What's the difference?

barney | barny |

As nouns the difference between barney and barny

is that barney is a noisy argument while barny is an argument, a disagreement.

As a proper noun Barney

is a given name derived from surnames, and a diminutive of Barnabas, Barnaby, Bernard, or Barnett.

As a verb barney

is to argue, to quarrel.

As an adjective barny is

barn-like.

barney

Translingual

Proper noun

(mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist E.E. Barney (fl. 1877-79).

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    * Author query of the International Plant Names Index ----

    barny

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (barnies)
  • An argument, a disagreement.
  • * 1983 , Marilyn Porter, Home, Work, and Class Consciousness , page 78:
    • So he said she should have said, and we had a bit of a barny , like.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Barn-like.
  • * 2006 , W. S. Merwin, Summer Doorways: A Memoir , page 210:
    • Everyone was breathing hard, and there was a barny smell in the room.

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