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Ditty vs Dilly - What's the difference?

ditty | dilly |

As nouns the difference between ditty and dilly

is that ditty is a short verse or tune while dilly is someone or something that is remarkable or unusual or dilly can be (dated) a kind of stagecoach.

As a verb ditty

is to sing; to warble a little tune.

As an adjective dilly is

redolent of dill (the spice).

ditty

English

Noun

(ditties)
  • A short verse or tune.
    • The Acme mattress ditty has been stuck in my head all day.
  • * Milton
    • Religious, martial, or civil ditties.
  • * Sandys
    • And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.
  • A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.
  • * Spenser
    • O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme.

    Verb

  • To sing; to warble a little tune.
  • * Herbert
    • Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.

    See also

    * ditty bag * doggerel * jingle

    dilly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • redolent of dill (the spice)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dillies)
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
  • * Raymond Chandler, Playback
    • You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies .

    Etymology 3

    Contracted from (diligence).

    Noun

    (dillies)
  • (dated) A kind of stagecoach.
  • * J. H. Frere
    • The Derby dilly .

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