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Gaga vs Gala - What's the difference?

gaga | gala |

As an adjective gaga

is (label) (exhibiting the deterioration in the mind).

As a noun gala is

gale.

gaga

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (informal) Mentally senile.
    • The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga .
  • (informal) Crazy.
    • You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
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    Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?
  • (informal) Infatuated.
    • The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.

    Usage notes

    * As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga'' is often preceded by the verb ''go .

    gala

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Celebratory; festive.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
  • (countable) A showy and festive party.

    • Anagrams

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