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Mannish vs Manny - What's the difference?

mannish | manny |

As an adjective mannish

is of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man.

As a proper noun manny is

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mannish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man
  • (Chaucer)
  • * Shakespeare
  • A woman impudent and mannish grown.
  • (obsolete) Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
  • (Chaucer)
  • * Gower
  • But yet it was a figure / Most like to mannish creature.
  • (obsolete, of a woman) Fond of men.
  • (Chaucer)

    Derived terms

    * mannishly * mannishness

    manny

    English

    Noun

    (mannies)
  • (informal) A male nanny (for children).
  • *2006 [Perry Taylor] has popped up in supermarket tabloids as the male nanny – or "manny" – for Britney Spears, who has a 9-month-old son, Sean Preston and is pregnant. — CBS News, 9 June 2006
  • See also

    * mannie * Mannie * Manny