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Putty vs Cutty - What's the difference?

putty | cutty |

As adjectives the difference between putty and cutty

is that putty is of, pertaining to, or resembling putty while cutty is (scotland|northern england) short, shortened, or small; curtailed.

As nouns the difference between putty and cutty

is that putty is a form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass while cutty is (scotland) a short spoon.

As a verb putty

is to fix something using putty.

putty

English

(wikipedia putty)

Adjective

(er)
  • Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

    • Noun

    (putties)
  • A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
  • Any of a range of similar substances.

    • Derived terms

    * putty in someone's hands

    Verb

  • to fix something using putty

    • cutty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cuttie

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.

    • Derived terms

    * cutty-brown * cutty-gun * cutty-hare * cuttymum * cutty-stoup * cutty-quean

    Noun

    (cutties)
  • (Scotland) A short spoon.
  • (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe.
    • (Ramsay)
  • (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)

    References

    * John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement [http://books.google.com/books?id=UGAJAAAAQAAJ&dq=cutty+cuttie&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0] ----