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Nixie vs Mixie - What's the difference?

nixie | mixie |

As nouns the difference between nixie and mixie

is that nixie is a female water-elf or nixie can be a piece of mail returned as undeliverable while mixie is (india) mixer; food processor.

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

    • mixie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India) mixer; food processor