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Patty vs Paddy - What's the difference?

patty | paddy |

As nouns the difference between patty and paddy

is that patty is a flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape while paddy is an irish person.

As a proper noun paddy is

an irish nickname for patrick.

patty

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
  • * 1904 , Patty at Home , BiblioBazaar,LLC, 2007, ISBN 1434621162, page 36:
    • "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always call me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name."
    "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield.
    English diminutives of female given names

    paddy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (paddies)
  • Rice, before it is milled.
  • An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

    • See also

    * paddy paw

    Etymology 2

    English dialect .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
  • * Digges (1585)
  • * John Lothrop Motley
    • Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets
    (Webster 1913)