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Dandy vs Mincing - What's the difference?

dandy | mincing |

As adjectives the difference between dandy and mincing

is that dandy is like a dandy, foppish while mincing is affectedly dainty.

As nouns the difference between dandy and mincing

is that dandy is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance while mincing is the act by which something is minced.

As a verb mincing is

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dandy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Like a dandy, foppish.
  • Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
    • That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
  • Almost first rate.
    • What a dandy little laptop you have.

    Noun

    (dandies)
  • A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
  • (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
  • A dandy roller.

    • Synonyms

    * (man concerned with appearance) dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay, buck

    Derived terms

    * dandify * dandification * dandyish

    See also

    * * ----

    mincing

    English

    (wikipedia mincing)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Affectedly dainty.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:"Is there nothing to eat in the house?" he asked, insolently, as if to a servant. In certain stages of his intoxication he affected the clipped, mincing speech of the towns. Mrs. Morel hated him most in this condition.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is minced.
  • * 1931 , The Journal of Biological Chemistry (volume 90, page 689)
    • After three or four mincings with a coarse blade the product was passed two or three times through a fine blade.