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Daisy vs Pansy - What's the difference?

daisy | pansy |

As nouns the difference between daisy and pansy

is that daisy is a wild flowering plant species: Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals while pansy is a cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

As a proper noun Daisy

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

As an adjective pansy is

wimpy; spineless; feeble.

daisy

English

(wikipedia daisy)

Noun

(daisies)
  • A wild flowering plant of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
  • Many other flowering plants of various species.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) boots or other footwear. From daisy roots.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, daisy chain , fresh as a daisy , pushing up daisies , whoops-a-daisy, whoopsy-daisy, upsy-daisy}}

    Anagrams

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    pansy

    English

    (wikipedia pansy)

    Noun

    (pansies)
  • A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor .
  • A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
  • (derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
  • (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.

    • Synonyms

    * (timid man or boy) mama's boy, nancy boy, sissy

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
  • Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

    • Derived terms

    * * pansified * pansification

    See also

    * heartsease * Johnny-jump-up *