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Dyke vs Whore - What's the difference?

dyke | whore |

As nouns the difference between dyke and whore

is that dyke is or dyke can be (slang|pejorative) a lesbian, particularly one who appears macho or acts in a macho manner this word has been reclaimed, by some, as politically empowering (see usage notes) while whore is (vulgar) a prostitute.

As a verb whore is

(vulgar) to prostitute oneself.

dyke

English

(wikipedia dyke)

Etymology 1

Variant of (dike).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, slang) A toilet.
  • 1977 , In Cubbaroo's dim distant past
    They built a double dyke.
    Back to back in the yard it stood
    An architectural dream in wood''
    — Ian Slack-Smith, ''The Passing of the Twin Seater'', from ''The Cubbaroo Tales'', 1977. Quoted in ''Aussie Humour
    , Macmillan, 1988, ISBN 0-7251-0553-4, page 235.
  • (UK) A ditch (rarely also refers to similar natural features, and to one natural valley, Devil's Dyke, Sussex, due to a legend that the devil dug it).
  • (UK, mainly S England) An earthwork consisting of a ditch and a parallel rampart.
  • (British) An embankment to prevent inundation, or a causeway.
  • (UK, mainly Scotland and N England) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, sometimes topped with hedge planting, or a hedge alone, used as a fence.
  • (UK, mainly Scotland and N England) A dry-stone wall usually forming a boundary to a wood, field or garden.
  • (British, geology) A body of once molten igneous rock that was injected into older rocks in a manner that crosses bedding planes.
  • Etymology 2

    ; various theories suggested. Attested US 1942, in Berrey and Van den Bark’s American Thesaurus of Slang''."dike, dyke, n.3" ''The Oxford English Dictionary . 2nd ed. 1989. OED Online. Oxford UP. 4 Apr. 2000 .
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    * bulldyke

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    whore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (vulgar) A prostitute.
  • (vulgar, pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
  • * 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 250
  • So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.
  • (vulgar) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
  • (vulgar) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
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  • (vulgar) A contemptible person.
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  • (obsolete) A mistress or wife.
  • * c. 1606 , , Act 1 Scene 2
  • The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore .

    Derived terms

    * he-whore * whoredom * whorehouse * whoreish * whorelike * whorely * whoremonger

    Synonyms

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    Verb

    (whor)
  • (vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
  • (vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
  • (vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false gods.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false goals.
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  • See also

    * attention whore * concubine * cute hoor (Hiberno-English) * graphics whore * hooker * harlot * stat whore * whore out * whorey * whorish, whoreish * AIDS whore, crackwhore

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