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Faddy vs Paddy - What's the difference?

faddy | paddy |

As adjectives the difference between faddy and paddy

is that faddy is having characteristics of a fad while paddy is low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

As a noun paddy is

rice, before it is milled.

As a proper noun Paddy is

an Irish nickname for Patrick.

faddy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having characteristics of a fad.
  • fussy, having particular tastes or whims
    • He's a faddy eater.

    Synonyms

    * faddish

    paddy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (paddies)
  • Rice, before it is milled.
  • An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

    • See also

    * paddy paw

    Etymology 2

    English dialect .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
  • * Digges (1585)
  • * John Lothrop Motley
    • Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets
    (Webster 1913)