Dandy vs Dud - What's the difference?
dandy | dud |
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.
(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
Something that doesn't function properly
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(obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
A loser, an unlucky person
As nouns the difference between dandy and dud
is that dandy is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance while dud is (informal) a device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.As an adjective dandy
is like a dandy, foppish.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
* * ----dud
English
Noun
(en noun)Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
- At the end of the day, the vast majority of primary schools are vibrant, friendly places and you may struggle to choose one because they all seem so great. Primary schools tend to have the feelgood factor. If you just aren't feeling it, this one's probably a dud .
