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Dai vs Dad - What's the difference?

dai | dad |

As nouns the difference between dai and dad

is that dai is a wet nurse; a midwife while dad is a father, a male parent.

As proper nouns the difference between dai and dad

is that dai is a given name derived from Welsh, a Welsh diminutive of David while Dad is one's father.

As an initialism DAD is

a designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare AAD, ADD, DDD.

dai

English

Noun

(en noun)
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    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 ----