Betty vs Petty - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between betty and petty

is that betty is while petty is .

* (bar used by thieves to open doors) bettee * (attractive woman) Betty

(betties)

(slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.

A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.

* Arbuthnot

The powerful betty , or the artful picklock.

(archaic, derogatory) A man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.

(US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.

(Bartlett)

(Webster 1913)

(wikipedia petty)

(en-adj)

Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.

Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.'' (Milton, ''Samson Agonistes , 1671)

petty officer'', ''petty cash

Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.

a petty fault

Narrow-minded, small-minded.

* petty cash * petty officer * petty king * pettiness * petty crime

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