Charity vs Potty - What's the difference?
charity | potty |
(archaic) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 (countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
A chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels.
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(childish) A toilet bowl. Can be used as essentially a synonym of toilet or bathroom in some phrases, e.g. , porta-potty, potty humor.
(childish) Variant of go potty.
(informal) Insane.
(dated)
* (Rudyard Kipling)
As a proper noun charity
is .As a noun potty is
a chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels.As a verb potty is
(childish) variant of go potty.As an adjective potty is
(informal) insane.charity
English
Noun
- Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity . — John Mitchell Mason
citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
Synonyms
* (organization) charitable organizationpotty
English
Etymology 1
From .Noun
(potties)Synonyms
* chamberpot, po, potVerb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* go potty * potty break * potty mouth * potty-training * porta-pottyEtymology 2
Adjective
(er)- The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty .
- "A potty little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.