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Fairy vs Tinkerbell - What's the difference?

fairy | tinkerbell |

As nouns the difference between fairy and tinkerbell

is that fairy is (uncountable|obsolete) the realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion while tinkerbell is anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers.

fairy

English

(wikipedia fairy)

Alternative forms

* faery * faerie

Noun

(fairies)
  • (uncountable, obsolete) the realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
  • A mythical being who had magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as small and spritely with gauze-like wings; A sprite.
  • (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) a male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
  • (paganism) A nature spirit revered in modern paganism.
  • Two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.

    • Synonyms

    * (mythical being) fay, fey, fae, sprite * (male homosexual) fag (US), faggot (US), poof (UK), queen (wikipedia fairy)

    Derived terms

    * airy-fairy * fairy bread * fairy chess * fairy circle * fairy cycle * fairy dust * fairy floss * fairy godmother * fairy lights * fairy lily * fairy primrose * fairy ring * fairy ring champignon * fairy shrimp * fairy story * fairy tale * fairy thorn * fairy wren * fairyfloss * fairyland * fairy-tale, fairytale * tooth fairy * water fairy

    tinkerbell

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers.
  • * 1988 , Caroline Arden, Getting the Donkey Out of the Ditch: The Democratic Party in Search of Itself , page 104
    • I characterize it as the "Tinkerbell Approach" to policy development: It might work if all the children would just believe hard enough and clap their hands
  • * 1994 , Alice Thomas Ellis, Cat Among the Pigeons: A Catholic Miscellany , page 57
    • Sometimes I get the impression that the Tinkerbell theory is taking over: that the existence of God is dependent on our own existence and perceptions.
  • * 2003 , William Lehr, Lorenzo M. Pupillo, Cyber policy and economics in an internet age , page 92
    • The New.net venture underlined an important principle: ICANN's authority over the DNS root is fundamentally subject to the "Tinkerbell " principle.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "Tinkerbell")