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Jodi vs Jody - What's the difference?

jodi | jody | Alternative forms |

Jody is a related term of jodi.

Jody is a alternative form of jodi.



As proper nouns the difference between jodi and jody

is that jodi is {{given name|female|diminutive=Judith}} or Jo, also used as a formal female given name while Jody is a diminutive of Judith or Jo, also used as a formal female given name.

As a noun Jody is

a male civilian who romances a military man's wife or girlfriend in his absence.

jodi

English

Alternative forms

* Jodie * Jody

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • or (m), also used as a formal female given name.
  • *1997 (Kate Atkinson), Human Croquet , Black Swan (1998), ISBN 055299619X, page 254:
  • *:The baby has a name at last, I suppose if it had been left much longer Vinny, the Keeper of Cat Names, would have ended up christening it Tibbles or something. Although Tibbles might suit it better than the new-fashioned name it's been given - Jodi .
  • jody

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (female given name) Jodi, Jodie

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Judith or Jo, also used as a formal female given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Joe or Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.
  • Noun

    (Jodies)
  • A male civilian who romances a military man's wife or girlfriend in his absence.
  • * {{quote-book, title=Camp all-American, Hanoi Jane, and the high-and-tight, page=31, author=Carol Burke, year=2004, passage=Even today in the Marine Corps or the Army, one calls a jody, not a marching chant. For the trainee, Jody is the clever civilian who brutally divorces the soldier from the civilian world by appropriating all his possessions and loved ones.
  • Ain't no use in callin home. Jody''s on your telephone. / Ain't no use in lookin' back. / '''Jody''''s got you Cadillac. / Ain't no use in goin' home. / '''Jody''''s got your girl and gone. / Ain't no use in feelin' blue. / ' Jody' s got your sister too.}}
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  • English diminutives of female given names English diminutives of male given names