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Pilly vs Dilly - What's the difference?

pilly | dilly |

As adjectives the difference between pilly and dilly

is that pilly is covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear) while dilly is redolent of dill (the spice.

As a noun dilly is

someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.

pilly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).
    • After many washings, my favorite sweater is faded and pilly .

    dilly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • redolent of dill (the spice)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dillies)
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
  • * Raymond Chandler, Playback
    • You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies .

    Etymology 3

    Contracted from (diligence).

    Noun

    (dillies)
  • (dated) A kind of stagecoach.
  • * J. H. Frere
    • The Derby dilly .

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