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Hetty vs Betty - What's the difference?

hetty | betty |

As proper nouns the difference between hetty and betty

is that hetty is a diminutive of the female given names henrietta, hester and esther while betty is .

hetty

English

Alternative forms

* hettie

Noun

(hetties)
  • (gay slang) A heterosexual.

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • (gay slang) Heterosexual.

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    betty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (bar used by thieves to open doors) bettee * (attractive woman) Betty

    Noun

    (betties)
  • (slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.
  • A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • The powerful betty , or the artful picklock.
  • (archaic, derogatory) A man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
  • (US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
    • (Bartlett)
    (Webster 1913)

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