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Potty vs Petty - What's the difference?

potty | petty |

As adjectives the difference between potty and petty

is that potty is insane while petty is little, small, secondary in rank or importance.

As a noun potty

is a chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels.

As a verb potty

is variant of go potty.

As a proper noun Petty is

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potty

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(potties)
  • A chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels.
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  • (childish) A toilet bowl. Can be used as essentially a synonym of toilet or bathroom in some phrases, e.g. , porta-potty, potty humor.
    • Synonyms
    * chamberpot, po, pot

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (childish) Variant of go potty.
    • Derived terms
    * go potty * potty break * potty mouth * potty-training * porta-potty

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Insane.
    • The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty .
  • (dated)
  • * (Rudyard Kipling)
    • "A potty little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.
    Synonyms
    * See also

    petty

    English

    (wikipedia petty)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
    • Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.'' (Milton, ''Samson Agonistes , 1671)
    petty officer'', ''petty cash
  • Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
    • a petty fault
  • Narrow-minded, small-minded.

    • Derived terms

    * petty cash * petty officer * petty king * pettiness * petty crime

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * quibble

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