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Tody vs Jody - What's the difference?

tody | jody |

As nouns the difference between tody and jody

is that tody is any of the genus todus of small insectivorous caribbean birds while jody is a jody call.

tody

English

Noun

(todies) (wikipedia tody)
  • Any of the genus Todus of small insectivorous Caribbean birds.
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    jody

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (female given name) Jodi, Jodie

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Judith or Jo, also used as a formal female given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Joe or Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.

    • Noun

    (Jodies)
  • A male civilian who romances a military man's wife or girlfriend in his absence.
  • * {{quote-book, title=Camp all-American, Hanoi Jane, and the high-and-tight, page=31, author=Carol Burke, year=2004, passage=Even today in the Marine Corps or the Army, one calls a jody, not a marching chant. For the trainee, Jody is the clever civilian who brutally divorces the soldier from the civilian world by appropriating all his possessions and loved ones.
    • Ain't no use in callin home. Jody''s on your telephone. / Ain't no use in lookin' back. / '''Jody''''s got you Cadillac. / Ain't no use in goin' home. / '''Jody''''s got your girl and gone. / Ain't no use in feelin' blue. / ' Jody' s got your sister too.}}
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    • English diminutives of female given names English diminutives of male given names