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Buddy vs Holly - What's the difference?

buddy | holly |

As proper nouns the difference between buddy and holly

is that buddy is a male nickname while holly is .

buddy

English

Noun

(buddies)
  • A friend or casual acquaintance.
  • They have been buddies since they were in school.
  • A partner for a particular activity.
  • drinking buddies
  • An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.
  • Hey, buddy , I think you dropped this.

    Synonyms

    * (friend or acquaintance): mate * (address to a stranger): mate * See also

    Derived terms

    * buddy store * buddy system * buddy up * Buddyroll * fuck buddy

    Verb

  • To assign a buddy, or partner.
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, Philip Briggs & Danny Edmunds, Mozambique: The Bradt Travel Guide citation
  • , passage=If you are being formally buddied , have a good chat with your buddy and find out their interests -- these should more or less match your own.}} English terms of address

    holly

    English

    Noun

    (hollies)
  • Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex , either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
  • The wood from this tree.
  • (with a qualifier) Any of several unrelated plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries
  • Derived terms

    * false holly * * holly olive * holly osmanthus * * Hollywood * sea holly