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Paddy vs Jimmy - What's the difference?

paddy | jimmy |

As nouns the difference between paddy and jimmy

is that paddy is rice, before it is milled while jimmy is chocolate sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.

As proper nouns the difference between paddy and jimmy

is that paddy is an Irish nickname for Patrick while Jimmy is a diminutive=James given name or Jim, also used as a formal given name.

As an adjective paddy

is low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

As a verb jimmy is

to pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.

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)

    jimmy

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
  • * 1979 , Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, ISBN 0151239576, page 184:
    • Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy .
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of (Jimmy Riddle), a piddle.

    • Synonyms

    * (piddle) piddle, pee, wee

    Derived terms

    * Jimmy Riddle * Jimmy Woodser