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Cutty vs Cutie - What's the difference?

cutty | cutie |

As nouns the difference between cutty and cutie

is that cutty is a short spoon while cutie is term of endearment, typically used to refer to a cute person or animal.

As an adjective cutty

is short, shortened, or small; curtailed.

cutty

English

Alternative forms

* cuttie

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.

    • Derived terms

    * cutty-brown * cutty-gun * cutty-hare * cuttymum * cutty-stoup * cutty-quean

    Noun

    (cutties)
  • (Scotland) A short spoon.
  • (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe.
    • (Ramsay)
  • (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)

    References

    * John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement [http://books.google.com/books?id=UGAJAAAAQAAJ&dq=cutty+cuttie&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0] ----

    cutie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Term of endearment, typically used to refer to a cute person or animal.

    • Derived terms

    * cutie pie ----