Dandy vs Pandy - What's the difference?
dandy | pandy |
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.
A fulling mill.
(Ireland, informal) mashed potatoes
To strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.
* 1917 , James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
As nouns the difference between dandy and pandy
is that dandy is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance while pandy is a fulling mill.As an adjective dandy
is like a dandy, foppish.As a verb pandy is
to strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.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
* * ----pandy
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(pandies)Noun
(-)Etymology 2
Verb
- Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.