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Footie vs Footy - What's the difference?

footie | footy |

As nouns the difference between footy and footie

is that footy is football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand while footie is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As an adjective footy

is having foots, or settlings.

footie

English

Noun

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    • footy

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (footies)
  • (uncountable, British) football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)
  • (uncountable, Australia) The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer
  • (countable, Australia) the ball used in a game of footy.
  • (mostly, plural) A short sock.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect, dated) Having foots, or settlings.
    • footy oil or molasses
  • (UK, dialect, dated) poor; mean
    • (Charles Kingsley)
    (Webster 1913)