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Vixen vs Todd - What's the difference?

vixen | todd |

As nouns the difference between vixen and todd

is that vixen is a female fox while todd is a male fox.

As a proper noun Todd is

{{surname|from=nicknames}.

vixen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A female fox.
  • A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
  • * 1859: , . Adam Bede : page 54. Köln: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999:
    • . . . and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a contiunal dropping on a very rainy day, he had not a vixen in his eye–a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish.
  • (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman.

    • Synonyms

    * (female fox) female fox * bitch, virago, she-devil, hellcat * (racy or salacious woman) fox, sex kitten, nymphomaniac, vamp

    Hypernyms

    * (female fox) fox

    todd

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • transferred from the surname.

    • Derived terms

    * * Todd's syndrome

    Related terms

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    References

    * The Etymology of last names: "Todd", accessed on 2005-05-30 * Behind the name: "Todd", accessed on 2005-05-30