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Don vs Donnie - What's the difference?

don | donnie |

Donnie is a derived term of don.



As proper nouns the difference between don and donnie

is that don is a diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon while Donnie is a diminutive of the male given names Donald and Don.

As a noun don

is a university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.

As a verb don

is to put on, to dress in.

don

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dominus'', "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish ''don'' and Italian ''dom''; from ''domus'', "house", + diminutive suffix ''-inus . Compare dominie.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
  • A mafia boss.
    • Derived terms
    * donnish

    Etymology 2

    A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.

    Verb

    (donn)
  • (clothing) to put on, to dress in
    • To don one's clothes.
    Antonyms
    * (put on clothes)
    See also
    * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    donnie

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given names Donald and Don.
  • Doncaster

    • Anagrams

    * * English diminutives of male given names