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Mollie vs Molly - What's the difference?

mollie | molly |

Molly is a alternative form of mollie.

Molly is a related term of mollie.



As proper nouns the difference between mollie and molly

is that mollie is an alternative spelling of Molly, diminutive of the female given name Mary while Molly is {{given name|female}.

As nouns the difference between mollie and molly

is that mollie is any of many New World fish of the genus Poecilia, formerly called genus: Mollienesia while molly is a woman or girl, especially of low status.

mollie

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An alternative spelling of Molly, diminutive of the female given name Mary.
  • * 1955 , The New Yorker (Condé Nast Publications), volume 31, issues 13–25, page 34
  • It was a crack division by then, and probably the chief architect of its excellence, next to Eddy, had been a private named Warner and nicknamed Molotov, which was later shortened to Mollie .
    English diminutives of female given names

    molly

    English

    Noun

    (mollies)
  • A woman or girl, especially of low status.
  • (slang) An effeminate male, a male homosexual.
  • (slang) Pure MDMA powder.
  • A fish of the genus Poecilia .
  • A mollemoke.
  • A female cat; a she-cat.
  • A molly bolt.
  • Derived terms

    * mollycoddle

    See also

    * guppy