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Eddy vs Eddie - What's the difference?

eddy | eddie | Alternative forms |

Eddie is a alternative form of eddy.



As nouns the difference between eddy and eddie

is that eddy is a current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current while Eddie is {{cx|Canada|informal|lang=en}} A member of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment.

As proper nouns the difference between eddy and eddie

is that eddy is a diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed- while Eddie is a diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.

As a verb eddy

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

eddy

English

Noun

(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.

    See also

    * countercurrent * dust devil

    Verb

  • 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.

    References

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    eddie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Eddy

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
  • * 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169:
    • There's a world of difference between the name Edward, which sounds rather regal and stuffy (Edwardian) and the name Eddie , which sounds like a guy on the bus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the (Loyal Edmonton Regiment).

    • Anagrams

    * English diminutives of male given names ----