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Chacha vs Chamcha - What's the difference?

chacha | chamcha |

As nouns the difference between chacha and chamcha

is that chacha is a traditional clear strong liquor, sometimes called "vine vodka," "grape vodka," or "Georgian vodka. while chamcha is a sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.

chacha

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A traditional clear strong liquor, sometimes called "vine vodka," "grape vodka," or "Georgian vodka."

    • chamcha

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.
  • * 1989 . Stuart Auerbach. Washington Post. (Mar. 26) “Nehru and His Nation”
    • M J Akbar has been called a chamcha to the Gandhi family, and some of that slavish devotion shows up in his uncritical acceptance of Nehru’s government-dominated economic program and the erosion of the country’s grass roots political structure as a result of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
  • * 1994 . William Dalrymple City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi (Dec. 1) “Glossary” p. 340:
    • Chamcha' Sycophant (lit. ‘spoon’). 1997. Ghulam Nabi Azad. ''India Today'' (June 23) p. 13: I have my own standing in the party. I cannot be anybody’s ' chamcha (stooge).
  • * 1997 . Sudhir Vaishnav. Times of India. (Aug. 24) “A very political exercise”
    • Several hangers-on. They are available aplenty everywhere in the country and are often known in the local market as Chamcha .
  • * 1998 . P.S. Sharma Times of India (Jan. 17) “In Praise of Chamchagiri”
    • No doubt, the United Kingdom also had their sycophants—toadys, bachhas, jholichuks and hukkabardars—but chamchas' of the modern vintage they had none. ' Chamchas are a breed apart.
  • * 2004 . Krishnakumar. Midday (Mumbai, India) (Sept. 21)
    • Leaders’ chamchas' get lucky”: All three have pulled strings in their respective parties to get Assembly poll tickets for their puppets and close confidants, better known in political parlance as ' chamchas .

    Related terms

    * chamchagiri (hi) (meaning spooning or sycophancy)

    References

    * 2004 [Ambar] rvinst (Bangalore, India) (Oct. 2) “Advanced Kannada Slang”: Chamcha. * 2005 Asra Nomani American Prospect (Mar. 5) “Pulpit Bullies”: Speaking in Urdu, the language of South-Asian Muslims. * [http://www.boloji.com/humor/028.htm] * [http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/kavi/p/prem_janmejai/chamcha.htm] * The Chamcha Age * Outlook India