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Dad vs Daddie - What's the difference?

dad | daddie |

As nouns the difference between dad and daddie

is that dad is act while daddie is .

dad

English

(wikipedia dad)

Alternative forms

* , Dad

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A father, a male parent.
  • (label) (non-gloss definition, Used to address one's father)
  • (label) (Used to address an older adult male)

    • Synonyms

    * (a father) * (sense, used to address one's father familiarly) dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, , pappa, pater, paw * (used to address an older adult male) daddio, pop, pops

    Related terms

    {{rel3, dada , daddio , daddy , granddad , grandpappy}}

    See also

    * mum, mom * sire

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    daddie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1908, author=Ethel Turner, title=In the Mist of the Mountains, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="No," said Pauline sadly, "they've gone to New Zealand,--mamma got quite ill with nursing us, and daddie got it too, and he wouldn't come up here." }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1894, author=Hall Caine, title=The Manxman, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Come to your ould daddie , you lil sandpiper. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1806, author=Walter Scott, title=Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Says--"Carterhaugh it is mine ain; "My daddie gave it me; "I'll come and gang to Carterhaugh, "And ask nae leave o' thee." }}