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Nixie vs Dixie - What's the difference?

nixie | dixie |

As nouns the difference between nixie and dixie

is that nixie is a female water-elf while dixie is a large iron pot, used in the army.

As a proper noun Dixie is

the southern United States; the South.

nixie

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) Nixe, feminine of Nix, from (etyl) nickes, from (etyl) (English nicker).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A female water-elf.
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
  • Bare from her garters up her flesh appears under the sapphire a nixie ’s green.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
  • :* mailers may also receive information on addresses that are undeliverable for reasons other than a customer move (i.e., nixie notifications) — United States Postal Service Address Change Service description
  • dixie

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Dixie) (en proper noun)
  • (informal, US) The southern United States; the South.
  • (informal, US) The southwestern corner of Utah.
  • (US) transferred from the place name.
  • Synonyms

    *Dixieland *South

    References

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