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Welly vs Nelly - What's the difference?

welly | nelly |

As nouns the difference between welly and nelly

is that welly is wellington boot while nelly is life.

As an adjective nelly is

unmanly, effeminate.

As a proper noun Nelly is

a spelling variant of Nellie, a diminutive of the female given names Eleanor and Helen.

welly

English

Noun

  • (countable) Wellington boot.
  • (uncountable) Force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor.
  • (uncountable) Force or effort.

    • Alternative forms

    * wellie

    Derived terms

    * welly whanging * give it some welly * welly it

    nelly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from Nelly Duff'', for ''puff'', i.e. breath of ''life

    Noun

    (-) (not used in the plural)
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) Life.
    • Usage notes
    * Used principally in the phrase (not on your nelly).

    Etymology 2

    From the woman's name, Nelly

    Noun

    (nellies)
  • (derogatory, slang) An effeminate homosexual man.
  • (British, slang) A silly person.
  • A common name for the giant petrels, Macronectes giganteus'' and ''Macronectes halli
    • Hyponyms
    * (petrel) Antarctic giant petrel, northern piant petrel, southern giant fulmar, southern giant petrel

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) Unmanly, effeminate.