Pops vs Dad - What's the difference?
pops | dad |
(informal, usually, as a form of address) Father, dad.
(informal, usually, as a form of address) By extension, another man old enough to be the speaker's father.
(the sound and related meanings)
(pop)
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(label) A father, a male parent.
(label) (non-gloss definition, Used to address one's father)
(label) (Used to address an older adult male)
Dad is a synonym of pops.
As nouns the difference between pops and dad
is that pops is father, dad while dad is a father, a male parent.As a verb pops
is third-person singular of pop.As a proper noun Dad is
one's father.As an initialism DAD is
a designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare AAD, ADD, DDD.pops
English
Etymology 1
From papa 'dad'Noun
(head)- Hey, pops , I'm home.