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Jolly vs Lolly - What's the difference?

jolly | lolly |

As nouns the difference between jolly and lolly

is that jolly is a pleasure trip or excursion while lolly is a piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.

As proper nouns the difference between jolly and lolly

is that jolly is {{given name|female} while Lolly is {{given name|female|diminutive=Louise}}.

As an adjective jolly

is full of high and merry spirits; jovial.

As an adverb jolly

is very, extremely.

As a verb jolly

is to amuse or divert.

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 ----

    lolly

    English

    Noun

    (lollies)
  • A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
  • * 2004 , , Feast: Food that Celebrates Life , unnumbered page,
    • Trim the lolly' sticks, so that you have a stem of about 3–4cm to stick into the cake, and then plunge the sticks of the foreshortened ' lollies into the cake so that the ghoulish faces leer out from their black-frosted graveyard.
  • (UK, slang, uncountable) Money.
  • (Australia, New Zealand) Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.
  • * 1924 , Frank George Carpenter, Australia, New Zealand and Some Islands of the South Seas , page 36,
    • Leaving the Domain, I walked back to the hotel, noticing the queer signs by the way. One was “Lollies for Sale.” It was over the door of a confectioner?s store where all sorts of candies were displayed.
  • * 2002 , R.I.C. Publications, Primary Science , page 52,
    • Organise the students into small groups. Send a letter home to the parents stating that the science lesson will involve students eating a small amount of lollies'. Check which students are allowed to eat ' lollies . Students with diabetes will only be able to observe or they could bring their own ‘special’ sweets from home.
  • * 2008 , , unnumbered page,
    • He looked straight into Frau Diller?s spectacled eyes and said, ‘Mixed lollies , please.’
    Frau Diller smiled.‘Here,’ she said, tossing a single lolly onto the counter. ‘Mix it yourself.’

    Synonyms

    (confection) * bonbon * candy (US) * confection * sweet

    Derived terms

    * ice lolly * lolly scramble