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Jolly vs Holly - What's the difference?

jolly | holly |

As proper nouns the difference between jolly and holly

is that jolly is (female) while holly is .

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 ----

    holly

    English

    Noun

    (hollies)
  • Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex , either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
  • The wood from this tree.
  • (with a qualifier) Any of several unrelated plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

    • Derived terms

    * false holly * * holly olive * holly osmanthus * * Hollywood * sea holly