Barony vs Barny - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between barony and barny is that barony is a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness, often part of a larger kingdom or empire while barny is an argument, a disagreement. As an adjective barny is barn-like.
barony English
Noun
(baronies)
A dominion ruled by a baron or baroness, often part of a larger kingdom or empire.
A medieval land measure equal to 4000 acres (100 hides).
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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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