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Mick vs Paddy - What's the difference?

mick | paddy |

As nouns the difference between mick and paddy

is that mick is (offensive slang) an Irishman while paddy is rice, before it is milled.

As adjectives the difference between mick and paddy

is that mick is easy while paddy is low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

As proper nouns the difference between mick and paddy

is that mick is a diminutive of the male given name Michael while Paddy is an Irish nickname for Patrick.

mick

English

Etymology 1

From a common Irish name Michael

Noun

(en noun)
  • (offensive slang ) an Irishman
  • A Catholic, particularly of Irish descent.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Easy.
    • Geology is so mick - half the jocks are in it.
    English ethnic slurs ----

    paddy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (paddies)
  • Rice, before it is milled.
  • An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

    • See also

    * paddy paw

    Etymology 2

    English dialect .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
  • * Digges (1585)
  • * John Lothrop Motley
    • Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets
    (Webster 1913)