Eddy vs Addy - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between eddy and addy

is that eddy is a diminutive of edward, edgar, edwin, or other male given names beginning with ed- while addy is .

(eddies)

A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

A circular current; a whirlpool.

* Dryden

And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.

* Addison

Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.

To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

* Wordsworth

Eddying round and round they sink.

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(addies)

(Internet slang) address (especially e-mail address)

My e-mail addy is being spammed. I should've kept it private.

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