Dinghy vs Dingy - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between dinghy and dingy is that dinghy is ( label) a small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship while dingy is penis or dingy can be . As a verb dinghy is to travel by dinghy. As an adjective dingy is drab; shabby; dirty; squalid.
dinghy English
Noun
( wikipedia dinghy)
( dinghies)
(label) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
* {{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= The Three Corpse Trick , chapter=5
, passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
(label) An inflatable rubber life raft.
Synonyms
* tender
Derived terms
* sailing dinghy
* dinghy towing
Verb
To travel by dinghy.
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dingy English
Etymology 1
From English dialectal (Kentish) . [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dingy&searchmode=none]
Adjective
(er)
drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
Synonyms
* (drab) dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grimy
Antonyms
* (drab) bright, clean
Derived terms
* dingily
* dinginess
Etymology 2
Noun
( dingies)
- (Charles Dickens)
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