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Sandy vs Arenophile - What's the difference?

sandy | arenophile |

As nouns the difference between sandy and arenophile

is that sandy is (geordie|pejorative) shortened form of sand dancer while arenophile is one who collects sand samples as a hobby.

As a proper noun sandy

is a diminutive of the male given name alexander.

sandy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Covered with sand.
  • Sprinkled with sand.
  • Like sand, especially in texture.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • Having the colour of sand.

    • Derived terms

    * Great Sandy Desert

    See also

    *

    arenophile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who collects sand samples as a hobby.
  • (botany) A plant that thrives in or requires a sandy environment to grow.
  • * {{quote-book, 1902, James Fraser Robinson, The Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire citation
    • , passage=It seems to be a characteristic arenophile . Not common in Holderness except on the morainic gravels, being the chief plant on Coneygarth Hill, near Brandesburton.}}

    Synonyms

    * psammophile