Lucky vs Ducky - What's the difference?
lucky | ducky |
Favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune. Said of persons.
Producing, or resulting in, good chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate.
(slang, archaic) Great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.
* 1930 ,
*1942 , ,
A pet name used affectionately.
(childish) A duck (aquatic bird).
* 1990 , Donna LeBlanc, You can't quit until you know what's eating you
As adjectives the difference between lucky and ducky
is that lucky is favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune. Said of persons while ducky is great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.As a noun ducky is
a pet name used affectionately.lucky
English
Adjective
(er)- a lucky adventurer
- The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
- a lucky mistake
- a lucky cast
- a lucky hour
Quotations
* 1989 , Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”, The Little Mermaid , Walt Disney Feature Animation *: They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fateSynonyms
* (favored by luck ): fortunate, successful * (producing or resulting in good chance ): auspicious, favorable/favourable, fortunate, fortuitousDerived terms
* get lucky * lucky dip * lucky you * should be so luckyducky
English
(ducky)Adjective
(en adjective)- Farnesworth smiled contentedly as he read the stock ticker; all was ducky on Wall Street.
- Isn't this the duckiest little leather skirt you ever saw?
The Catbird Seat:
- Fortunately, she had bragged to everybody about her ducky first-floor apartment in the perfectly darling three-story red-brick.
Synonyms
* fine * peachy * swellNoun
(duckies)- "Morning, ducky !" said Roderick, as he gave his partner a quick peck on the cheek and sat down to breakfast.
- Do little things for your Inner Child, like taking bubble baths. Invite a rubber ducky to play with you...