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Cockney vs Geordie - What's the difference?

cockney | geordie |

As adjectives the difference between cockney and geordie

is that cockney is from the East End of London, or London generally while Geordie is related to or characteristic of Geordies or Newcastle upon Tyne.

As nouns the difference between cockney and geordie

is that cockney is any Londoner while Geordie is a guinea.

As proper nouns the difference between cockney and geordie

is that cockney is the dialect or accent of such Londoners while Geordie is dialect/colloquial form of English spoken by Geordies, people from Tyneside.

cockney

English

(wikipedia Cockney)

Alternative forms

* cockney

Adjective

(-)
  • From the East End of London, or London generally

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any Londoner.
  • *1859 , , 22
  • *:COCKNEY, a native of London. An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubberland, Cockaygne .
  • A Londoner born within earshot of the city's Bow Bells, or (now, generically) any working-class Londoner.
  • *1617 , (Fynes Moryson), An Itinerary
  • *:Londoners, and all within the sound of Bow Bell, are in reproach called Cockneys .
  • *1617 , (John Minsheu), Ductor in Linguas
  • *:A Cockney or Cocksie, applied only to one born within the sound of Bow bell, that is in the City of London.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The dialect or accent of such Londoners.

    • Derived terms

    * mockney English informal demonyms

    geordie

    English

    (wikipedia Geordie)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Dialect]]/colloquial form of English spoken by [[#Noun, Geordies, people from Tyneside.
  • A diminutive of the male given name George.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Georgia, Georgiana, Georgette and Georgina.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Northern England, and, Scotland, obsolete) A guinea.
  • Someone from Tyneside.
  • (mining, dated) A kind of safety lamp invented by (George Stephenson).
    • (Raymond)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Related to or characteristic of or Newcastle upon Tyne.
    • English diminutives of male given names English informal demonyms