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Putty vs Potty - What's the difference?

putty | potty |

As adjectives the difference between putty and potty

is that putty is of, pertaining to, or resembling putty while potty is insane.

As nouns the difference between putty and potty

is that putty is a form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass while potty is a chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels.

As verbs the difference between putty and potty

is that putty is to fix something using putty while potty is variant of go potty.

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

    • potty

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (potties)
  • A chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels.
  • *
  • *
  • (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