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Putty vs Butty - What's the difference?

putty | butty |

As nouns the difference between putty and butty

is that putty is a form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass while butty is (uk|chiefly|northern england|nz) a sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake the most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg or butty can be (mining) a miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.

As an adjective putty

is of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

As a verb putty

is to fix something using putty.

putty

English

(wikipedia putty)

Adjective

(er)
  • Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

    • Noun

    (putties)
  • A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
  • Any of a range of similar substances.

    • Derived terms

    * putty in someone's hands

    Verb

  • to fix something using putty

    • butty

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from (buttered) (sandwich) or (bun) etc. See (-y).

    Noun

    (butties)
  • (UK, chiefly, Northern England, NZ) A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
    • Let's have a bacon butty !
    See also
    * sanger * sango * sarnie

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (butties)
  • (mining) A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
  • *1913 , DH Lawrence,
  • *:But Alfred Charlesworth did not forgive the butty these public-house sayings. Consequently, although Morel was a good miner, sometimes earning as much as five pounds a week when he married, [...]
  • A workmate.
    • (Webster 1913)