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Pap vs Puppy - What's the difference?

pap | puppy |

As nouns the difference between pap and puppy

is that pap is paste; an adhesive paste while puppy is a young dog, usually cute and playful.

As a verb puppy is

to bring forth whelps; to pup.

pap

English

Etymology 1

Origins unclear. Related to (etyl) pappe, Dutch pap, Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, Bulgarian , among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
  • Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.
  • (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense.
  • (South Africa) Porridge.
  • Pap and wors are traditionally eaten at a braai.
  • (informal, derogatory) support from official patronage
  • Treasury pap
  • The pulp of fruit.
  • (Ainsworth)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang, South Africa) Spineless, wet, without character.
  • * He is so pap and boring.
  • Verb

    (papp)
  • (obsolete) To feed with pap.
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) pappe, of uncertain origin. Perhaps form (etyl) papilla; or perhaps compare Old (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * Bible, Luke xi. 27
  • the paps which thou hast sucked
  • * , II.xii:
  • But th'other rather higher did arise, / And her two lilly paps aloft displayd, / And all, that might his melting hart entise / To her delights, she vnto him bewrayd.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
  • they doe not onely weare jewels at their noses, in their lip and cheekes, and in their toes, but also big wedges of gold through their paps .
  • *, II.13:
  • Adrianus the Emperour made his Physition to marke and take the just compasse of the mortall place about his pap , that so his aime might not faile him, to whom he had given charge to kill him.
  • A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
  • (Macaulay)

    Etymology 3

    Shortened form of Pap smear from , American physician.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pap smear
  • Etymology 4

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) Flat.
  • I got a puncture and the wheel went pap .

    Etymology 5

    From (paparazzo)

    Verb

  • (usually, in the passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
  • Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!

    puppy

    English

    Noun

    (puppies)
  • A young dog, usually cute and playful.
  • A young rat.
  • A young seal.
  • (slang, usually, in the plural) A woman’s breast.
  • (informal) A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker.
  • I have another two dozen of these puppies to finish before I can go home.
  • (derogatory) A conceited and impertinent person.
  • * Addison
  • I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm.

    Synonyms

    * (young dog) dogling, pup, whelp * (young seal) pup * See also

    Derived terms

    * puppy fat * puppy love * hushpuppy * puppyhood * sick puppy * stress puppy

    Verb

  • To bring forth whelps; to pup.