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Lollipop vs Dumdum - What's the difference?

lollipop | dumdum |

As nouns the difference between lollipop and dumdum

is that lollipop is an item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy/sweet attached to a stick while dumdum is a bullet, with a soft nose, that expands upon impact to cause a gaping wound.

lollipop

English

(wikipedia lollipop)

Alternative forms

* lolli-pop * lollypop * lolly pop * lolly-pop

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy/sweet attached to a stick.

    • Synonyms

    * lolly, sucker (US)

    Derived terms

    * lollipop lady * lollipop man * lolly

    dumdum

    English

    Etymology 1

    From , a city in India where the type of bullet was developed, from (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * dum-dum

    Noun

    (wikipedia dumdum) (en noun)
  • A bullet, with a soft nose, that expands upon impact to cause a gaping wound.

    • Etymology 2

    From the adjective dumb

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ignorant person, an idiot
    • You're such a dumdum .