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Vada vs Aada - What's the difference?

vada | aada |

As nouns the difference between vada and aada

is that vada is a type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia while AADA is initialism of lang=en.

As a verb vada

is to look (at), to see.

As a proper noun AADA is

initialism of American Academy of Dramatic Arts|lang=en.

vada

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
  • * 2008 , Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger , Atlantic 2009, p. 204:
    • I bought a tea and a potato vada , and sat under a banyan tree to eat.

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from (etyl), ultimately from (etyl) Alan D. Corré, "Polari Words from Lingua Franca" in: A Glossary of Lingua Franca . 5th Edition, 2005

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Polari) To look (at), to see
  • * 1997 , Ian Lucas, "The Color of His Eyes: Polari and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" in: Anna Livia, Kira Hall (editors), Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality , page 90
    • Bona to vada you
  • * 2002 , Paul Baker, Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men , page 143:
    • Vada well: zhooshed riah, the shyckle mauve, full slap, rouge for days, fake ogle riahs, fortuni cocktail and mother's fabest slingbacks.
  • * 2004 , Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang , page 1
    • Oh vada well that omee-palone ajax who just trolled in - her with the cod lally-drags and the naff riah, dear.

    References

    See also

    * vada pav ----

    aada

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military)