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Ditzy vs Dingbat - What's the difference?

ditzy | dingbat |

In informal|lang=en terms the difference between ditzy and dingbat

is that ditzy is (informal) silly or scatterbrained, usually of a woman while dingbat is (informal) a silly, crazy or stupid person.

As an adjective ditzy

is (informal) silly or scatterbrained, usually of a woman.

As a noun dingbat is

(informal) a silly, crazy or stupid person.

ditzy

English

Alternative forms

* ditsy

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a woman.

    • dingbat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person.
  • * 2003, The Gilmore Girls (TV, episode 4.07)
    • "The fire department is out here because some dingbat parked in the red zone."
  • * 1978, World according to Garp , John Irving, chapter 2
    • "'Midge was such a dingbat' , Jenny Fields wrote in her autobiografy, 'that she went to Hawaii for a vacation during World War Two.'"
  • (typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
  • * 1982, The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists , Arthur Plotnik, p.8
    • "The compulsive editor, when checking the specs on an article, can't help checking also for such items as initial capital and closing dingbat , if they are used routinely. These decorative items have a way of being forgotten..."
  • (architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.

    • Related terms

    * dingwad

    See also

    * wingdings