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Gay vs Jolly - What's the difference?

gay | jolly |

As proper nouns the difference between gay and jolly

is that gay is {{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}}, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person while Jolly is {{given name|female}.

As adjectives the difference between gay and jolly

is that gay is happy, joyful, and lively while jolly is full of high and merry spirits; jovial.

As nouns the difference between gay and jolly

is that gay is a homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian while jolly is a pleasure trip or excursion.

As verbs the difference between gay and jolly

is that gay is to make happy or cheerful while jolly is to amuse or divert.

As an adverb jolly is

very, extremely.

gay

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
  • from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
  • . Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
  • * 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
    • - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
  • * 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
    • "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
    "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay'. Even in Nevada. Was old ' Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.- - -

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    jolly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.

    • Noun

    (jollies)
  • (British) a pleasure trip or excursion

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (British, dated) very, extremely

    • Derived terms

    * jolly well

    Verb

  • To amuse or divert.

    • Derived terms

    * jolly someone along

    References

    * JOLLY in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 495. English degree adverbs ----