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Patis vs Patois - What's the difference?

patis | patois |

As nouns the difference between patis and patois

is that patis is a fish sauce, a byproduct of making bagoong, used as an ingredient or condiment in the Philippines while patois is a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.

patis

English

Noun

(-)
  • A fish sauce, a byproduct of making bagoong, used as an ingredient or condiment in the Philippines.
  • ----

    patois

    English

    Noun

    (patois)
  • A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
  • Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
  • Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, , Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
  • A Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
  • Jargon or cant.