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Blarney vs Barney - What's the difference?

blarney | barney |

As nouns the difference between blarney and barney

is that blarney is ability to talk constantly while barney is (uk|australia|cockney rhyming slang) a noisy argument or barney can be (united states|pejorative slang) an insult directed at a police officer, usually by someone who believes the officer to be inferior or overzealous.

As verbs the difference between blarney and barney

is that blarney is to beguile with flattery while barney is (uk|australia|cockney rhyming slang) to argue, to quarrel.

blarney

English

Noun

(-)
  • Ability to talk constantly.
  • Mindless chatter.
    • He is full of blarney .
  • Persuasive flattery or kind speech; smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To beguile with flattery.

    • barney

    Translingual

    Proper noun

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

    • External links

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