Dandy vs Daddy - What's the difference?
dandy | daddy |
Like a dandy, foppish.
Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
Almost first rate.
A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
(British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
A dandy roller.
(usually, childish) father.
(informal) male lover.
* 1955 , (Ray Charles), Greenbacks
As an adjective dandy
is like a dandy, foppish.As a noun dandy
is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.As a proper noun daddy is
one's father.dandy
English
Adjective
(er)- That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
- What a dandy little laptop you have.
Noun
(dandies)Synonyms
* (man concerned with appearance) dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay, buckDerived terms
* dandify * dandification * dandyishSee also
* * ----daddy
English
(wikipedia daddy)Noun
(daddies)- She looked at me with that familiar desire
- Her eyes lit up like they were on fire
- She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,
- But look here, daddy , I wear furs on my back,
- So if you want to have fun in this man's land,
- Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."
