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Demy vs Semi - What's the difference?

demy | semi |

As nouns the difference between demy and semi

is that demy is a printing paper size, 17½ inches by 22½ inches while semi is (uk|australia|canada) a semi-detached house.

demy

English

Noun

(demies)
  • A printing paper size, 17½ inches by 22½ inches.
  • (colloquial) A demyship.
  • * 1781', '', '''1840 , Arthur Murphy (editor), ''The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. , Volume 2, page 132,
    • .

    Derived terms

    * double demy * music demy * quad demy

    semi

    English

    (wikipedia semi)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Australia, Canada) A semi-detached house.
  • * 2008 , Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property , Career FAQs, Australia, page 40,
    • I?m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.
  • * 2008 , Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain , page 52,
    • The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.
  • A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler.
  • * 2011 , Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run , Allen & Unwin, Australia, unnumbered page,
    • All night we couldn?t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
  • A semifinal.
  • (slang) A partial erection.
  • * 2010 , Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)
    • The twink got a semi just from that look.

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