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Dingy vs Zingy - What's the difference?

dingy | zingy |

As adjectives the difference between dingy and zingy

is that dingy is drab; shabby; dirty; squalid while zingy is {{cx|informal|lang=en}} Full of zest.

As a noun dingy

is {{cx|childish|lang=en}} Penis.

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

    Noun

    (head)
  • (rfv-sense) Penis.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dingies)
    • (Charles Dickens)

    References

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    zingy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Full of zest.
  • * 1991 , Howard Karren, The Premiere guide to movies on video
    • In the early drafts of the zingy script (by Charles Lederer), the visitor was to have been considerably more outre, but apparently the special effects folks weren't up to the job