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Patty vs Putty - What's the difference?

patty | putty |

As nouns the difference between patty and putty

is that patty is a flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape while putty is a form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.

As a proper noun Patty

is a diminutive of the female given name Patricia.

As an adjective putty is

of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

As a verb putty is

to fix something using putty.

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

    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