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Sheeny vs Sheepy - What's the difference?

sheeny | sheepy |

As nouns the difference between sheeny and sheepy

is that sheeny is (slang|offensive|ethnic slur) a jew while sheepy is (childish|or|endearing) sheep.

As adjectives the difference between sheeny and sheepy

is that sheeny is having a sheen; glossy while sheepy is resembling a sheep, except in sheepish behavior.

sheeny

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown.

Noun

(sheenies)
  • (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Jew.
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
    • Shylock chimes with the jewbaiting that followed the hanging and quartering of the queen’s leech Lopez, his jew’s heart being plucked forth while the sheeny was yet alive
  • * 1946 , Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, p. 6:
    • One time in Humboldt Park Leo "Bow" Gisensohn, our leader, didn't like the way a cop down by the lake called him "sheeny ."
    Synonyms
    * yid * kike

    Etymology 2

    From sheen + -y.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • having a sheen; glossy
  • Bright; shining; radiant.
    • A sheeny summer morn. — Tennyson.

    sheepy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling a sheep, except in sheepish behavior.

    • Related terms

    * sheepish

    Noun

    (sheepies)
  • (childish, or, endearing) sheep