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Pansy vs Cheeky - What's the difference?

pansy | cheeky |

As adjectives the difference between pansy and cheeky

is that pansy is wimpy; spineless; feeble while cheeky is (informal) impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

As a noun pansy

is a cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species viola tricolor .

pansy

English

(wikipedia pansy)

Noun

(pansies)
  • A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor .
  • A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
  • (derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
  • (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.

    • Synonyms

    * (timid man or boy) mama's boy, nancy boy, sissy

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
  • Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

    • Derived terms

    * * pansified * pansification

    See also

    * heartsease * Johnny-jump-up *

    cheeky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
  • * 1899 , , Stalky & Co. , chaper 4:
    • "Shut up," said Harrison. "You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you."
    "You're a lot too cheeky ," said Craye.
  • * 1909 , , The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England , chaper 7:
    • The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.

    Synonyms

    * saucy * insolent * See