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Gamma vs Bamma - What's the difference?

gamma | bamma |

As nouns the difference between gamma and bamma

is that gamma is the name of the third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ) while bamma is {{cx|AAVE|slang|derogatory|lang=en}} An unstylish rural person; a hick.

gamma

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The name of the third letter of the Greek alphabet ( ).
  • (mathematics) The (Gamma function), symbolized by ?.
  • (mathematics) A constant approximately equal to 0.55721566, symbolized by ?.
  • (physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1 nT.

    • Derived terms

    * gamma-aminobutyric acid * gamma ray * gamma correction * gamma globulin * nongamma

    Anagrams

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    bamma

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unstylish rural person; a hick.
  • * 2008 , "A Blessing in Disguise", A Real Black Woman is the Closest Thing to God (page 44)
    • A lot of dudes that I knew at that time use to think that guys from Maryland was bammas but I didn't sleep on nobody because even a bamma can pull a trigger. I always knew that even if a guy was from cotton ball land, he could still do damage.
  • * 2011 , Stan Long, Black Bird Medley: The Transformation of a Gangster (page 16)
    • Black didn't like them much. He said to me one day, “Stan, why do you hang around them bammas ?” Bamma meant “country” or “slow” or something of that nature.
  • * 2012 , Larry Moon Jr, Drama City (page 151)
    • “Man, there's a bamma that just came home from jail trying to intimidate and extort my youngins.”