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Papaya vs Paparazzi - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between papaya and paparazzi

is that papaya is a tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit while paparazzi is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals; freelance photographers who sell photographs of celebrities to the media, especially ones who pursue celebrities and attempt to obtain candid photographs.

papaya

English

(wikipedia papaya)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya , having large, yellow, edible fruit
  • The fruit of this tree.
  • Synonyms

    * pawpaw (Australia), common term for papaya, but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree / fruit

    See also

    * papain ----

    paparazzi

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia paparazzi) (-) plural and, nonstandardly, singular
  • English plurals; freelance photographers who sell photographs of celebrities to the media, especially ones who pursue celebrities and attempt to obtain candid photographs.
  • * 1985, Francis King, One Is a Wanderer: Selected Stories , Hutchinson, ISBN 0091620805, page 312,
  • A number of paparazzi had gate-crashed, as had a famous tennis-player and a couple of pop-singers.
  • * 2004, Noel Botham, The Murder of Princess Diana , Pinnacle Books, ISBN 0-7860-0700-1, page 168,
  • A number of paparazzi were there to take pictures, clearly having received a further tip-off about the party’s movements.
  • * 2007, Stanley Hart, "Oh, Brother", in Two Novellas , AuthorHouse, ISBN 1425987087, page 99,
  • “Do you know how many paparazzi stalk those midtown hotels? […]”
  • Used as a .
  • * 1978, Stephen Birmingham, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis , Grossett & Dunlap, ISBN 0448143062, page 184,
  • The publicity that would ensue from a court battle with someone of Galella’s ilk would only be bad and would convey to Galella a degree of status and importance that this member of the paparazzi didn’t deserve.
  • * 2005 April, Kathleen O'Reilly, The Diva’s Guide to Selling Your Soul , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416516565, page 36,
  • He manages to snag you just when a member of the paparazzi is skulking by, […]
  • * 2007, Chris Rojek, Cultural Studies , Polity, ISBN 0745636837, page 55,
  • The member of the paparazzi is a Weegee-like figure played by Joe Pesci in the film The Public Eye (1992).
  • (nonstandard) A paparazzo.
  • * 1997, Eeva Joniken and Soile Veijola, "The Disoriented Tourist: The Figuration of the Tourist in Contemporary Cultural Critique", in Chris Rojek and John Urry (eds.), Touring Cultures: Transformations of Travel and Theory , Routledge, 0-415-11125-0, page 46,
  • The job of a paparazzi is, roughly, to ‘reveal the truth’ about the rich and the famous.
  • * 2000, David Naccache and Michael Tunstall, "How to Explain Side-Channel Leakage to Your Kids", in Çetin K. Koç and Christof Paar (eds.), Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems — CHES 2000 (proceedings), Springer, ISBN 3-540-41455-X, page 229,
  • A paparazzi is investigating the lives of a Royal couple.
  • * 2005, Jude Idada, "Ouch!", in A Box of Chocolates , Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1412020268, page 221,
  • What if someone I know sees me? Or what if a paparazzi is lurking somewhere?
  • (nonstandard, uncountable) Paparazzi taken as a group.
  • * 1989, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby , Viking, ISBN 0670825069, page 148,
  • “Tell Page that PAPARAZZI is here, in my apartment. And then tell her that their offices are right across from us …”
  • * 2001, Geert Lovink, "The Rise and Fall of Dotcom Mania", in Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture , MIT Press (2002), ISBN 0262621800, page 354,
  • Rather, the business paparazzi is armoring itself for a backlash campaign against the entrepreneurial big mouths.
  • * 2006, Kisha Green, And Even If I Did , iUniverse, ISBN 0595390137, page vi,
  • Nelishia—You are a special lady with an enormous heart with skills that are off the chains!!! You go girl!!! A definite multi-tasking Diva!! Get your Chanel shades paparazzi is lurking…lol

    Derived terms

    * mamarazzi * paparazzification

    See also

    * Nikon choir English pluralia tantum ----