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Gherkin vs Wally - What's the difference?

gherkin | wally |

As nouns the difference between gherkin and wally

is that gherkin is a small cucumber, often pickled whole while wally is a fool.

As a proper noun Wally is

a diminutive of the male given names Walter and Wallace.

As a verb wally is

alternate pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value.

gherkin

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (chiefly archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
  • wally

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given names Walter and Wallace.
  • * 2005 Joyce Carol Oates: Mother, Missing . Harper Perennial. page 108:
  • "'Mr. Szalla' is my eighty-two-year-old father, Nikki. Please call me 'Wally'."
    "Well. 'Wally'."
    I felt my face burn pleasantly. "Wally " was such a comfortable old-shoe kind of name.