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Joey vs Jo - What's the difference?

joey | jo |

As nouns the difference between joey and jo

is that joey is the immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc while jo is darling, sweetheart.

As proper nouns the difference between joey and jo

is that joey is a diminutive of the male given name Joe or Joseph while Jo is a diminutive of the female given names Josephine, Joan or Joanna. Often used in conjoined names such as Jo Ann or Mary Jo.

joey

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.
  • The shorter word whose letters can be found within a kangaroo word.
  • * 1998 , Richard Lederer, Dave Morice, The Word Circus (page 129)
    • Among the kangaroo words that yield the most joviality and joy are those that conceal multiple joeys .
  • * 2005 , Anu Garg, Another Word a Day (page 132)
    • Sometimes a kangaroo word has more than one joey .

    References

    * (EtymOnLine) English terms with unknown etymologies

    jo

    English

    (wikipedia jo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) Darling, sweetheart.
  • * 1711 , traditional, published by James Watson, Old Long Syne :
    • On Old long syne my Jo ,
    on Old long syne,
    That thou canst never once reflect,
    on Old long syne.

    Anagrams

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