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Gal vs Dame - What's the difference?

gal | dame |

As nouns the difference between gal and dame

is that gal is a gallon while dame is the {{l/en|equivalent}} title to {{l/en|Sir}} for a female {{l/en|knight}}.

As a proper noun Gal

is alternative form of Gal.|lang=en.

As a symbol Gal

is the symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.

As an initialism GAL

is guardian Ad Litem, an individual (often a lawyer) appointed to represent the best interests of a child or incapacitated person for the purpose of a legal procedure.

gal

English

Etymology 1

From (gallon).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A gallon.

    • Etymology 2

    Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of (girl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial, dated) An adolescent girl or young woman.
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    * attagal * galpal

    Etymology 3

    Shortened from (galileo)

    Noun

  • A galileo.

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    * guy ----

    dame

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) The .
    • Dame Edith Sitwell
  • (dated, informal, slightly, derogatory, US) A woman.
  • * 1949 , (Oscar Hammerstein II), "(There is Nothing Like a Dame)",
    • There ain't nothin' like a dame'! / Nothin' in the world! / There is nothin' you can name / That is anythin' like a ' dame !
  • A traditional character in British pantomime, a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
  • (archaic) , woman.

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