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Pathy vs Patsy - What's the difference?

pathy | patsy |

As nouns the difference between pathy and patsy

is that pathy is (informal) a therapy while patsy is (informal|derogatory) a person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.

pathy

English

Noun

(pathies)
  • (informal) A therapy
  • *1849 Journal of Health
  • **So, no doubt, it may be applied to hydropathy, and to every other sort of pathy''', and the result will be that every sort of '''pathy cures not all persons, but many persons...

    • patsy

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.

    • Anagrams

    * English diminutives of female given names English diminutives of male given names